Character Encoding: GB18030

Technical information about character encoding standard GB18030

Technical information about character encoding GB18030 is available below.

Name

General

GB18030

Detailed

GB18030 (Simplified Chinese)

MIME / IANA

GB18030

Type

1, 2, or 4 bytes (variable-width)

Languages
Usage

less than 0.2%

The GB18030, also recognized as Guojia Biaozhun, is a character encoding standard for Simplified and Traditional Chinese characters. It utilizes a variable-width, multi-byte encoding scheme.

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