GB18030 Character Set and Encoding

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This chapter provides notes and tutorial examples on GB18030 character set and encoding. Topics including history of GB character sets: GB2312, GB1300.1 (GBK) and GB18030; GB18030 encoding schema.

History of GB Character Sets

GB18030 Encoding for GB18030 Character Set

Conclusions:

• GBK (GB1300.1) is a super set of GB2312 with 21886 characters.
• GB18030 is a super set of GBK with 70244 characters.
• GB18030 character set is compatible with Unicode 3.0 character set.
• GB18030 encoding uses one, two or four bytes to encode a character.