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Character Encoding: Big5-HKSCS

Technical information about character encoding standard Big5-HKSCS

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Technical information about character encoding Big5-HKSCS is available below.

Name

General

Big5-HKSCS

Detailed

Big5-HKSCS (Traditional Chinese)

MIME / IANA

Big5-HKSCS

Type

1 to 2 bytes (variable-width)

Languages
Chinese
Usage

less than 0.1%

The Big5-HKSCS, also known as the Big5 Hong Kong Supplementary Character Set, is an extension of the Big5 encoding standard. It is used for Traditional Chinese characters and also incorporates additional characters specific to Hong Kong. It utilizes a variable-width, multi-byte encoding scheme.

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