GBK vs Big5

GBK

Legacy

Chinese national standard encoding for Simplified Chinese. Superset of GB2312. Variable-width: single-byte for ASCII, double-byte for Chinese characters. Dominant encoding for Simplified Chinese on Windows.

IANA Name: GBK
Byte Width: 1–2 bytes
Introduced: 1993

Big5

Legacy

Traditional Chinese encoding used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. Variable-width: single-byte for ASCII, double-byte for Chinese. The name refers to the five major Taiwanese IT companies that developed it.

IANA Name: Big5
Byte Width: 1–2 bytes
Introduced: 1984

13,824

Shared characters

8,095

Only in GBK

Only in Big5

Shared Characters (first 200 shown)

Char	Codepoint	Name	GBK	Big5
	U+0000		00	00
	U+0001		01	01
	U+0002		02	02
	U+0003		03	03
	U+0004		04	04
	U+0005		05	05
	U+0006		06	06
	U+0007		07	07
	U+0008		08	08
	U+0009		09	09
	U+000A		0A	0A
	U+000B		0B	0B
	U+000C		0C	0C
	U+000D		0D	0D
	U+000E		0E	0E
	U+000F		0F	0F
	U+0010		10	10
	U+0011		11	11
	U+0012		12	12
	U+0013		13	13
	U+0014		14	14
	U+0015		15	15
	U+0016		16	16
	U+0017		17	17
	U+0018		18	18
	U+0019		19	19
	U+001A		1A	1A
	U+001B		1B	1B
	U+001C		1C	1C
	U+001D		1D	1D
	U+001E		1E	1E
	U+001F		1F	1F
	U+0020	SPACE	20	20
!	U+0021	EXCLAMATION MARK	21	21
"	U+0022	QUOTATION MARK	22	22
#	U+0023	NUMBER SIGN	23	23
$	U+0024	DOLLAR SIGN	24	24
%	U+0025	PERCENT SIGN	25	25
&	U+0026	AMPERSAND	26	26
'	U+0027	APOSTROPHE	27	27
(	U+0028	LEFT PARENTHESIS	28	28
)	U+0029	RIGHT PARENTHESIS	29	29
*	U+002A	ASTERISK	2A	2A
+	U+002B	PLUS SIGN	2B	2B
,	U+002C	COMMA	2C	2C
-	U+002D	HYPHEN-MINUS	2D	2D
.	U+002E	FULL STOP	2E	2E
/	U+002F	SOLIDUS	2F	2F
0	U+0030	DIGIT ZERO	30	30
1	U+0031	DIGIT ONE	31	31
2	U+0032	DIGIT TWO	32	32
3	U+0033	DIGIT THREE	33	33
4	U+0034	DIGIT FOUR	34	34
5	U+0035	DIGIT FIVE	35	35
6	U+0036	DIGIT SIX	36	36
7	U+0037	DIGIT SEVEN	37	37
8	U+0038	DIGIT EIGHT	38	38
9	U+0039	DIGIT NINE	39	39
:	U+003A	COLON	3A	3A
;	U+003B	SEMICOLON	3B	3B
<	U+003C	LESS-THAN SIGN	3C	3C
=	U+003D	EQUALS SIGN	3D	3D
>	U+003E	GREATER-THAN SIGN	3E	3E
?	U+003F	QUESTION MARK	3F	3F
@	U+0040	COMMERCIAL AT	40	40
A	U+0041	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A	41	41
B	U+0042	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B	42	42
C	U+0043	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C	43	43
D	U+0044	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D	44	44
E	U+0045	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E	45	45
F	U+0046	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F	46	46
G	U+0047	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G	47	47
H	U+0048	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H	48	48
I	U+0049	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I	49	49
J	U+004A	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER J	4A	4A
K	U+004B	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K	4B	4B
L	U+004C	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L	4C	4C
M	U+004D	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M	4D	4D
N	U+004E	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N	4E	4E
O	U+004F	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O	4F	4F
P	U+0050	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P	50	50
Q	U+0051	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q	51	51
R	U+0052	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R	52	52
S	U+0053	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S	53	53
T	U+0054	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T	54	54
U	U+0055	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U	55	55
V	U+0056	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V	56	56
W	U+0057	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W	57	57
X	U+0058	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X	58	58
Y	U+0059	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y	59	59
Z	U+005A	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z	5A	5A
[	U+005B	LEFT SQUARE BRACKET	5B	5B
\	U+005C	REVERSE SOLIDUS	5C	5C
]	U+005D	RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET	5D	5D
^	U+005E	CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT	5E	5E
_	U+005F	LOW LINE	5F	5F
`	U+0060	GRAVE ACCENT	60	60
a	U+0061	LATIN SMALL LETTER A	61	61
b	U+0062	LATIN SMALL LETTER B	62	62
c	U+0063	LATIN SMALL LETTER C	63	63
d	U+0064	LATIN SMALL LETTER D	64	64
e	U+0065	LATIN SMALL LETTER E	65	65
f	U+0066	LATIN SMALL LETTER F	66	66
g	U+0067	LATIN SMALL LETTER G	67	67
h	U+0068	LATIN SMALL LETTER H	68	68
i	U+0069	LATIN SMALL LETTER I	69	69
j	U+006A	LATIN SMALL LETTER J	6A	6A
k	U+006B	LATIN SMALL LETTER K	6B	6B
l	U+006C	LATIN SMALL LETTER L	6C	6C
m	U+006D	LATIN SMALL LETTER M	6D	6D
n	U+006E	LATIN SMALL LETTER N	6E	6E
o	U+006F	LATIN SMALL LETTER O	6F	6F
p	U+0070	LATIN SMALL LETTER P	70	70
q	U+0071	LATIN SMALL LETTER Q	71	71
r	U+0072	LATIN SMALL LETTER R	72	72
s	U+0073	LATIN SMALL LETTER S	73	73
t	U+0074	LATIN SMALL LETTER T	74	74
u	U+0075	LATIN SMALL LETTER U	75	75
v	U+0076	LATIN SMALL LETTER V	76	76
w	U+0077	LATIN SMALL LETTER W	77	77
x	U+0078	LATIN SMALL LETTER X	78	78
y	U+0079	LATIN SMALL LETTER Y	79	79
z	U+007A	LATIN SMALL LETTER Z	7A	7A
{	U+007B	LEFT CURLY BRACKET	7B	7B
\|	U+007C	VERTICAL LINE	7C	7C
}	U+007D	RIGHT CURLY BRACKET	7D	7D
~	U+007E	TILDE	7E	7E
	U+007F		7F	7F
§	U+00A7	SECTION SIGN	A1 EC	A1 B1
°	U+00B0	DEGREE SIGN	A1 E3	A2 58
±	U+00B1	PLUS-MINUS SIGN	A1 C0	A1 D3
·	U+00B7	MIDDLE DOT	A1 A4	A1 50
×	U+00D7	MULTIPLICATION SIGN	A1 C1	A1 D1
÷	U+00F7	DIVISION SIGN	A1 C2	A1 D2
ˇ	U+02C7	CARON	A1 A6	A3 BE
ˉ	U+02C9	MODIFIER LETTER MACRON	A1 A5	A3 BC
ˊ	U+02CA	MODIFIER LETTER ACUTE ACCENT	A8 40	A3 BD
ˋ	U+02CB	MODIFIER LETTER GRAVE ACCENT	A8 41	A3 BF
˙	U+02D9	DOT ABOVE	A8 42	A3 BB
Α	U+0391	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA	A6 A1	A3 44
Β	U+0392	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER BETA	A6 A2	A3 45
Γ	U+0393	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA	A6 A3	A3 46
Δ	U+0394	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA	A6 A4	A3 47
Ε	U+0395	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON	A6 A5	A3 48
Ζ	U+0396	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ZETA	A6 A6	A3 49
Η	U+0397	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ETA	A6 A7	A3 4A
Θ	U+0398	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER THETA	A6 A8	A3 4B
Ι	U+0399	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA	A6 A9	A3 4C
Κ	U+039A	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER KAPPA	A6 AA	A3 4D
Λ	U+039B	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER LAMDA	A6 AB	A3 4E
Μ	U+039C	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER MU	A6 AC	A3 4F
Ν	U+039D	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER NU	A6 AD	A3 50
Ξ	U+039E	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER XI	A6 AE	A3 51
Ο	U+039F	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMICRON	A6 AF	A3 52
Π	U+03A0	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PI	A6 B0	A3 53
Ρ	U+03A1	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER RHO	A6 B1	A3 54
Σ	U+03A3	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA	A6 B2	A3 55
Τ	U+03A4	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER TAU	A6 B3	A3 56
Υ	U+03A5	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON	A6 B4	A3 57
Φ	U+03A6	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PHI	A6 B5	A3 58
Χ	U+03A7	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER CHI	A6 B6	A3 59
Ψ	U+03A8	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PSI	A6 B7	A3 5A
Ω	U+03A9	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA	A6 B8	A3 5B
α	U+03B1	GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA	A6 C1	A3 5C
β	U+03B2	GREEK SMALL LETTER BETA	A6 C2	A3 5D
γ	U+03B3	GREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA	A6 C3	A3 5E
δ	U+03B4	GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA	A6 C4	A3 5F
ε	U+03B5	GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON	A6 C5	A3 60
ζ	U+03B6	GREEK SMALL LETTER ZETA	A6 C6	A3 61
η	U+03B7	GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA	A6 C7	A3 62
θ	U+03B8	GREEK SMALL LETTER THETA	A6 C8	A3 63
ι	U+03B9	GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA	A6 C9	A3 64
κ	U+03BA	GREEK SMALL LETTER KAPPA	A6 CA	A3 65
λ	U+03BB	GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA	A6 CB	A3 66
μ	U+03BC	GREEK SMALL LETTER MU	A6 CC	A3 67
ν	U+03BD	GREEK SMALL LETTER NU	A6 CD	A3 68
ξ	U+03BE	GREEK SMALL LETTER XI	A6 CE	A3 69
ο	U+03BF	GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON	A6 CF	A3 6A
π	U+03C0	GREEK SMALL LETTER PI	A6 D0	A3 6B
ρ	U+03C1	GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO	A6 D1	A3 6C
σ	U+03C3	GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA	A6 D2	A3 6D
τ	U+03C4	GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU	A6 D3	A3 6E
υ	U+03C5	GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON	A6 D4	A3 6F
φ	U+03C6	GREEK SMALL LETTER PHI	A6 D5	A3 70
χ	U+03C7	GREEK SMALL LETTER CHI	A6 D6	A3 71
ψ	U+03C8	GREEK SMALL LETTER PSI	A6 D7	A3 72
ω	U+03C9	GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA	A6 D8	A3 73
Ё	U+0401	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER IO	A7 A7	C7 B3
Д	U+0414	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DE	A7 A5	C7 B1
Е	U+0415	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER IE	A7 A6	C7 B2
Ж	U+0416	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ZHE	A7 A8	C7 B4
З	U+0417	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ZE	A7 A9	C7 B5
И	U+0418	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER I	A7 AA	C7 B6
Й	U+0419	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHORT I	A7 AB	C7 B7
К	U+041A	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER KA	A7 AC	C7 B8
Л	U+041B	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EL	A7 AD	C7 B9
М	U+041C	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EM	A7 AE	C7 BA
У	U+0423	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER U	A7 B5	C7 BB
Ф	U+0424	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EF	A7 B6	C7 BC
Х	U+0425	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER HA	A7 B7	C7 BD

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