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This standard has been superseded by GB\ 18030-2000, but is still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