Character Encoding: Windows 1251

Technical information about character encoding standard Windows 1251

Technical information about character encoding Windows 1251 is available below.

Name	General Windows 1251 Detailed Windows 1251 (Cyrillic)
Alias	CP-1251
MIME / IANA	windows-1251
Type	1 byte
Classification	Extended ASCII Windows-125x
Languages	Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Serbian (Cyrillic script), and others
Usage	less than 0.01%

The Windows-1251, also known as CP-1251, is a character encoding standard developed by Microsoft. It was designed to cover languages that use the Cyrillic script, such as Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, and Serbian, among others. It employs an 8-bit encoding scheme, which can represent up to 256 characters. The first 128 characters are identical to those in the ASCII standard.

Code page layout

The table below presents the characters supported by the Windows 1251 encoding standard, along with their respective codes.

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

A

B

C

D

E

F

0x

␀

␁

␂

␃

␄

␅

␆

␇

␈

␉

␊

␋

␌

␍

␎

␏

1x

␐

␑

␒

␓

␔

␕

␖

␗

␘

␙

␚

␛

␜

␝

␞

␟

2x

␠

!

"

#

$

%

&

'

(

)

*

+

,

-

.

/

3x

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

:

;

<

=

>

?

4x

@

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

5x

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

[

\

]

^

_

6x

`

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

7x

p

q

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

y

z

{

|

}

~

␡

8x

Ђ

Ѓ

‚

ѓ

„

…

†

‡

€

‰

Љ

‹

Њ

Ќ

Ћ

Џ

9x

ђ

‘

’

“

”

•

–

—

™

љ

›

њ

ќ

ћ

џ

Ax

Ў

ў

Ј

¤

Ґ

¦

§

Ё

©

Є

«

¬

®

Ї

Bx

°

±

І

і

ґ

µ

¶

·

ё

№

є

»

ј

Ѕ

ѕ

ї

Cx

А

Б

В

Г

Д

Е

Ж

З

И

Й

К

Л

М

Н

О

П

Dx

Р

С

Т

У

Ф

Х

Ц

Ч

Ш

Щ

Ъ

Ы

Ь

Э

Ю

Я

Ex

а

б

в

г

д

е

ж

з

и

й

к

л

м

н

о

п

Fx

р

с

т

у

ф

х

ц

ч

ш

щ

ъ

ы

ь

э

ю

я

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