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.Dd November 7, 2003
.Dt GB2312 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm gb2312
.Nd "GB2312 encoding method for Chinese text"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm ENCODING
.Qq GB2312
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm GB2312
encoding implements GB\ 2312-1980, a PRC national standard
for the encoding of simplified Chinese characters.
.Pp
Multibyte characters in the GB2312
encoding can be one byte or two bytes long.
.No GB\ 11383-1981 Pq Tn ASCII
characters are represented by single bytes in the range 0x00 to 0x7F.
Simplified Chinese characters are represented by two bytes, both in
the range 0xA1-0xFE.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr euc 5 ,
.Xr gb18030 5 ,
.Xr gbk 5
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm GB2312
encoding is believed to be compatible with GB\ 2312-1980.
This standard has been superseded by GB\ 18030-2000, but is still
in wide use.
