Japanese language in EBCDIC

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Several mutually incompatible versions of the Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (

basic Latin letters are often not preserved in their usual locations.[2]

The characters which are found in the double-byte Japanese code used with EBCDIC by IBM, but not found in the first edition of

Single-byte codes

Similarly to JIS X 0201 (itself incorporated into Shift JIS), Japanese EBCDIC encodings often include a set of single-byte katakana. Several different variants of the single-byte EBCDIC code are used in the Japanese locale, by different vendors; a given vendor may also define two different single-byte codes, one favoured for half-width katakana and one favoured for Latin script. Variants of EBCDIC favoured by a given vendor for use for katakana are sometimes referred to as EBCDIK, standing for Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Kana code.[1][4]

Code pages incorporating half-width kana are an exception to IBM's EBCDIC invariant character set, which specifies a set of characters which are usually encoded the same across all EBCDIC code pages. Most notably, they sometimes include katakana characters at code points which are used for

Basic Latin alphabet in the invariant set.[2]
Encoding of lowercase letters when katakana characters are included at those locations, and encoding of katakana characters when lowercase letters are retained in their usual locations, can vary between vendors, as shown below.

Microsoft Windows implements two Japanese single-byte EBCDIC variants, with code page numbers 20000 higher than IBM's code page numbers for its variants, as code pages 20290 (documented as IBM290, "IBM EBCDIC Japanese Katakana Extended")[5] and 21027 ("Extended/Ext Alpha Lowercase"). Code page 21027 as implemented in Windows is an incomplete implementation, lacking two-way mappings for several letters and kana,[6] and is currently deprecated.[5]

IBM's code pages were later updated to include the Euro sign at 0xE1, retaining their original CPGID numbers, but being assigned new CCSID numbers. Hence, the CCSID 290 refers to the original version of code page 290, while the version of code page 290 with the Euro sign is also known as CCSID 8482.[7] Similarly, CCSID 1027 refers to the original version of code page 1027, while the version of CPGID 1027 with the Euro sign is given the CCSID 5123.[8]

Alongside versions of IBM's double-byte Japanese DBCS-Host code page (CPGID 300, CCSID 300 or 16684) as a double-byte component, IBM code page 290 is used as the single-byte component of the multi-byte code page IBM-930[9][10] and (as the Euro-updated CCSID 8482) the updated version IBM-1390.[11][12] IBM code page 1027 is used as the single-byte component of the multi-byte code page IBM-939[13][14] and (as the Euro-updated CCSID 5123) the updated version IBM-1399.[15][16]

In the following table, conformance to the invariant set is marked with green; collision with the invariant set is marked with red.

Single-byte codes in Japanese EBCDIC variants (excluding control codes)
Hexadecimal Lowercase in invariant locations, kana absent or displaced Lowercase absent or displaced by kana
Fujitsu EBCDIC[17] Hitachi EBCDIC[18] HP EBCDIK[19] IBM 298[20] IBM 1027
[13][15][21][22]
IBM 1031[23] Fujitsu EBCDIK[17] Hitachi EBCDIK[18]
IBM 1136[24]
NEC EBCDIC[25][26] IBM 290
[9][11][27][28]
IBM 887[29] IBM 1030[30]
0x40 SP SP SP SP SP SP SP SP SP SP SP SP
0x41
0x42
0x43
0x44
0x45
0x46
0x47
0x48
0x49
0x4A £ [ ¢ ¢ ¢ £ [ [ £ £ £
0x4B . . . . . . . . . . . .
0x4C < < ) < < < < < < < < <
0x4D ( ( [ ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( (
0x4E + + < + + + + + + + + +
0x4F | ! | | | | ! ! | | |
0x50 & & + & & & & & & & & &
0x51
0x52
0x53
0x54
0x55
0x56
0x57 a
0x58
0x59 a b
0x5A ! ] ! ! ! ! ] ] ! ! !
0x5B \ ¥ $ $ $ $ \ ¥ \ ¥ ¥ ¥
0x5C * * * * * * * * * * * *
0x5D ) ) ] ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
0x5E ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
0x5F ¬ ^ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ^ ^ ¬ ¬ ¬
0x60 - - - - - - - - - - - -
0x61 / / / / / / / / / / / /
0x62 b c a a
0x63 c d b b
0x64 d e c c
0x65 e f d d
0x66 f g e e
0x67 g h f f
0x68 h i g g
0x69 i j h h
0x6A ¦ | | ¦ | |
0x6B , , , , , , , , , , , ,
0x6C % % ( % % % % % % % % %
0x6D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
0x6E > > ¥ > > > > > > > > >
0x6F ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
0x70 j k [ [
0x71 k l i i
0x72 l m j j
0x73 m n k k
0x74 n o l l
0x75 ソ ソ ソ ソ ソ o p m m
0x76 p q n n
0x77 q r o o
0x78 r s p p
0x79 ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
0x7A : : : : : : : : : : :
0x7B # # = # # # # # # # # #
0x7C @ @ ' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
0x7D ' ' : ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '
0x7E = = > = = = = = = = = =
0x7F " " " " " " " " " " " "
0x80 s t ] ]
0x81 a a a a a a
0x82 b b b b b b
0x83 c c c c c c
0x84 d d d d d d
0x85 e e e e e e
0x86 f f f f f f
0x87 g g g g g g
0x88 h h h h h h
0x89 i i i i i i
0x8A
0x8B t u q q
0x8C
0x8D
0x8E
0x8F
0x90 ソ ソ ソ ソ ソ ソ
0x91 j j j j j j
0x92 k k k k k k
0x93 l l l l l l
0x94 m m m m m m
0x95 n n n n n n
0x96 o o o o o o
0x97 p p p p p p
0x98 q q q q q q
0x99 r r r r r r
0x9A
0x9B u v r r
0x9C v w
0x9D
0x9E
0x9F
0xA0 ¯ ¯ w x ~ ~
0xA1 ~ ~ ¯ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¯ ¯ ¯
0xA2 s s s s s s
0xA3 t t t t t t
0xA4 u u u u u u
0xA5 v v v v v v
0xA6 w w w w w w
0xA7 x x x x x x
0xA8 y y y y y y
0xA9 z z z z z z
0xAA
0xAB x y s s
0xAC
0xAD [ [
0xAE
0xAF
0xB0 ^ ^ y z ^ ^
0xB1 £ £ z ¢ ¢
0xB2 ¥ ¥ \ \
0xB3 t t
0xB4 u u
0xB5 v v
0xB6 w w
0xB7 x x
0xB8 y y
0xB9 z z
0xBA
0xBB
0xBC
0xBD ] ]
0xBE
0xBF
0xC0 { { ? { { { { { { { {
0xC1 A A A A A A A A A A A A
0xC2 B B B B B B B B B B B B
0xC3 C C C C C C C C C C C C
0xC4 D D D D D D D D D D D D
0xC5 E E E E E E E E E E E E
0xC6 F F F F F F F F F F F F
0xC7 G G G G G G G G G G G G
0xC8 H H H H H H H H H H H H
0xC9 I I I I I I I I I I I I
0xCA
0xCB
0xCC
0xCD
0xCE
0xCF
0xD0 } } ! } } } } } } } }
0xD1 J J J J J J J J J J J J
0xD2 K K K K K K K K K K K K
0xD3 L L L L L L L L L L L L
0xD4 M M M M M M M M M M M M
0xD5 N N N N N N N N N N N N
0xD6 O O O O O O O O O O O O
0xD7 P P P P P P P P P P P P
0xD8 Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
0xD9 R R R R R R R R R R R R
0xDA
0xDB °
0xDC ±
0xDD
0xDE
0xDF
0xE0 $ $ ¥ \ \ $ $ $ $ $ $
0xE1
0xE2 S S S S S S S S S S S S
0xE3 T T T T T T T T T T T T
0xE4 U U U U U U U U U U U U
0xE5 V V V V V V V V V V V V
0xE6 W W W W W W W W W W W W
0xE7 X X X X X X X X X X X X
0xE8 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
0xE9 Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z
0xEA
0xEB
0xEC
0xED
0xEE
0xEF Ω
0xF0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0xF1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0xF2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
0xF3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
0xF4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
0xF5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
0xF6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
0xF7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
0xF8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
0xF9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
0xFA
0xFB
0xFC
0xFD µ
0xFE

Double-byte codes

There are three double-byte character codes used for Japanese with EBCDIC:

ideographic space, but not as part of any other double-byte code.[1][33]

In the IBM version of the DBCS-Host code, the code 0x0F switches to single-byte mode and the code 0x0E switches to double-byte mode,

Johab for Korean.[34] In contrast to KEIS and JEF, the layout of IBM code page 300 is unrelated to JIS X 0208, and conversion between the two must be done via a table;[31] however, its character repertoire has been kept up-to-date with successive revisions of JIS X 0208 so as to remain a superset of JIS X 0208's repertoire.[3] Lead bytes 0x41 through 0x44 are used for non-Kanji characters, lead bytes 0x45 through 0x68 are used for Kanji characters, and lead bytes 0x69 through 0x89 are used for UDC (user-defined characters).[33]

The existence of IBM's Japanese DBCS-Host code had impact beyond EBCDIC systems, since IBM also defined variants of

not sign ¬ were later added to JIS X 0208 in 1983). These are referred to as "IBM-selected" characters and are included as extensions in, for example, Windows code page 932.[3]

Some newer revisions of the IBM-300 code page add additional Kanji with lead bytes 0xB8 through 0xD5 and additional non-Kanji with lead bytes 0xD6 through 0xE9.[33] This revision updated the set for JIS X 0213, including the Euro sign and, while retaining the CPGID 300, was assigned the new CCSID 16684.[35] The code pages IBM-930 (with code page 290 as the single-byte set),[9] IBM-931 (with code page 37 as the single-byte set), and IBM-939 (with code page 1027 as the single-byte set)[13] exclude these additions, while IBM-1390 (with the Euro sign version of code page 290 / CCSID 8482)[11] and IBM-1399 (with the Euro sign version of code page 1027 / CCSID 5123)[15] include them.

In Hitachi KEIS

EUC-JP, i.e. with both bytes being between 0xA1 and 0xFE inclusive. This results in duplicate encodings for the ideographic space—0x4040 per the DBCS-Host code structure, and 0xA1A1 as in EUC-JP. However, the lead byte range is extended back to 0x59, out of which the lead bytes 0x81–A0 are designated for user-defined characters,[1] and the remainder are used for corporate-defined characters, including both kanji and non-kanji.[3]

In Fujitsu JEF

kuten purposes, although row 162 (lead byte 0x7E) is unused.[1][3] Rows 101 through 148 are used for extended kanji, while rows 149 through 163 are used for extended non-kanji.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ These hexadecimal forms of these shift sequences match the decimal forms (10 65 and 10 66) listed by Lunde.[1] Lunde lists the hexadecimal forms for both shifts as 0xA0 0x42, seemingly in error.

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