Multibyte code set converters
This section describes the code sets that multibyte code set converters use to convert.
Multibyte code set converters convert characters among the following code sets:
- PC multibyte code sets
- EUC multibyte code sets (ISO-based)
- EBCDIC multibyte code sets
The following table lists code set names that are compatible. Each line defines to/from strings that may be used when requesting a converter.
| Language | PC | ISO | EBCDIC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | IBM-932 | IBM-eucJP | IBM-930, IBM-939 |
| Japanese (MS compatible) | IBM-943 | IBM-eucJP | IBM-930, IBM-939 |
| Korean | IBM-934 | IBM-eucKR | IBM-933 |
| Traditional Chinese | IBM-938, big-5 | IBM-eucTW | IBM-937 |
| Simplified Chinese | IBM-1381 | IBM-eucCN | IBM-935 |
- Conversions between Simplified and Traditional Chinese are provided (IBM-eucTW <—> IBM-eucCN and big5 <—> IBM-eucCN).
- UTF-8 is an additional code set.