Character SetsΒΆ
Many of the z/OS modules offer options to convert the data encodings that are read, copied, and transferred from a USS file or a data set. Encoding is managed by setting the source and destination character set options within the modules.
A character set is an element of internationalization that defines how an alphabet or characters are represented in a particular language. A character set is made up of a series of code points or the numeric representation of a character. For example, the code point for the letter A in international EBCDIC is 0xC1.
A character set can also be called a coded character set, a code set, a code page, or an encoding. Examples of character sets include International EBCDIC, Latin 1, and Unicode. Character sets are chosen on the basis of the letters and symbols required.
Character sets are identified by a name or by an integer identifier called the
coded character set identifier (CCSID). For example, Latin 1 might be called
ISO-8859-1 or CCSID 819. The CCSID determines the character set name that is
used with the iconv functions and z/OS module encoding options. The options
used with the modules are input as a string, such as IBM-147 and
ISO-8859-1.
Since the z/OS modules rely on iconv included with Unix System Service
(USS), the allowable character sets can vary with each version of z/OS. To
determine the supported encodings, you can log into z/OS USS and run the
command iconv -l and to list all the supported encodings.
The supported character sets in IBM z/OS V2R2.0 are listed below.
Character set |
|---|
UTF-8 |
UCS-2 |
TIS-620 |
ISO8859-15 |
ISO8859-13 |
ISO8859-9 |
ISO8859-8 |
ISO8859-7 |
ISO8859-6 |
ISO8859-5 |
ISO8859-4 |
ISO8859-2 |
ISO8859-1 |
ISO-2022-JP |
IBM-eucTW |
IBM-eucKR |
IBM-eucJC |
IBM-eucCN |
IBM-62383 |
IBM-54191 |
IBM-53668 |
IBM-28709 |
IBM-17248 |
IBM-16804 |
IBM-16684 |
IBM-13124 |
IBM-13121 |
IBM-12712 |
IBM-9238 |
IBM-9061 |
IBM-9044 |
IBM-9027 |
IBM-8482 |
IBM-5488 |
IBM-5352 |
IBM-5351 |
IBM-5350 |
IBM-5349 |
IBM-5348 |
IBM-5347 |
IBM-5346 |
IBM-5123 |
IBM-5055 |
IBM-5054 |
IBM-5053 |
IBM-5035 |
IBM-5031 |
IBM-5026 |
IBM-4971 |
IBM-4946 |
IBM-4933 |
IBM-4930 |
IBM-4909 |
IBM-4396 |
IBM-1399 |
IBM-1390 |
IBM-1388 |
IBM-1386 |
IBM-1381 |
IBM-1380 |
IBM-1371 |
IBM-1370 |
IBM-1364 |
IBM-1363 |
IBM-1362 |
IBM-1256 |
IBM-1255 |
IBM-1254 |
IBM-1253 |
IBM-1252 |
IBM-1251 |
IBM-1250 |
IBM-1165 |
IBM-1161 |
IBM-1160 |
IBM-1159 |
IBM-1158 |
IBM-1157 |
IBM-1156 |
IBM-1155 |
IBM-1154 |
IBM-1153 |
IBM-1149 |
IBM-1148 |
IBM-1147 |
IBM-1146 |
IBM-1145 |
IBM-1144 |
IBM-1143 |
IBM-1142 |
IBM-1141 |
IBM-1140 |
IBM-1126 |
IBM-1125 |
IBM-1124 |
IBM-1123 |
IBM-1122 |
IBM-1115 |
IBM-1112 |
IBM-1088 |
IBM-1047 |
IBM-1046 |
IBM-1027 |
IBM-1026 |
IBM-1025 |
IBM-959 |
IBM-958 |
IBM-957 |
IBM-956 |
IBM-951 |
IBM-949 |
IBM-948 |
IBM-947 |
IBM-946 |
IBM-943 |
IBM-942 |
IBM-939 |
IBM-938 |
IBM-937 |
IBM-936 |
IBM-935 |
IBM-933 |
IBM-930 |
IBM-928 |
IBM-927 |
IBM-924 |
IBM-922 |
IBM-904 |
IBM-902 |
IBM-901 |
IBM-880 |
IBM-875 |
IBM-872 |
IBM-871 |
IBM-870 |
IBM-869 |
IBM-867 |
IBM-866 |
IBM-864 |
IBM-862 |
IBM-861 |
IBM-859 |
IBM-858 |
IBM-856 |
IBM-855 |
IBM-852 |
IBM-850 |
IBM-848 |
IBM-838 |
IBM-837 |
IBM-836 |
IBM-835 |
IBM-834 |
IBM-833 |
IBM-808 |
IBM-500 |
IBM-437 |
IBM-425 |
IBM-424 |
IBM-420 |
IBM-301 |
IBM-300 |
IBM-297 |
IBM-290 |
IBM-285 |
IBM-284 |
IBM-282 |
IBM-281 |
IBM-280 |
IBM-278 |
IBM-277 |
IBM-275 |
IBM-274 |
IBM-273 |
IBM-037 |
EUCJP |
BIG5 |
62381 |
62337 |
61956 |
61953 |
61712 |
61711 |
61710 |
61700 |
61699 |
61698 |
61697 |
61696 |
54289 |
54189 |
53748 |
53685 |
49652 |
49589 |
45920 |
45556 |
45493 |
41828 |
41824 |
41460 |
41397 |
37813 |
37761 |
37732 |
37728 |
37719 |
37301 |
33717 |
33700 |
33699 |
33698 |
33665 |
33637 |
33636 |
33632 |
33624 |
33623 |
33621 |
33620 |
33619 |
33618 |
33268 |
33205 |
33058 |
32805 |
29760 |
29715 |
29714 |
29713 |
29712 |
29623 |
29621 |
29620 |
29618 |
29616 |
29614 |
29546 |
29541 |
29540 |
29537 |
29536 |
29535 |
29534 |
29533 |
29532 |
29529 |
29528 |
29527 |
29525 |
29524 |
29523 |
29522 |
29172 |
29109 |
25691 |
25690 |
25664 |
25619 |
25618 |
25617 |
25616 |
25580 |
25546 |
25527 |
25525 |
25524 |
25522 |
25520 |
25518 |
25514 |
25512 |
25510 |
25508 |
25504 |
25503 |
25502 |
25480 |
25479 |
25473 |
25467 |
25450 |
25445 |
25444 |
25442 |
25441 |
25440 |
25439 |
25438 |
25437 |
25436 |
25433 |
25432 |
25431 |
25429 |
25428 |
25427 |
25426 |
25076 |
25013 |
24877 |
24876 |
24613 |
21680 |
21450 |
21433 |
21427 |
21344 |
21317 |
21314 |
20980 |
20917 |
20780 |
20517 |
17584 |
17354 |
17337 |
17331 |
17314 |
17240 |
17221 |
16884 |
16821 |
16421 |
13676 |
13671 |
13242 |
13241 |
13240 |
13238 |
13235 |
13223 |
13221 |
13219 |
13218 |
13185 |
13184 |
13162 |
13157 |
13156 |
13152 |
13145 |
13143 |
13140 |
13125 |
12788 |
12725 |
12588 |
12544 |
09580 |
09577 |
09575 |
09574 |
09572 |
09449 |
09448 |
09447 |
09444 |
09306 |
09163 |
09146 |
09145 |
09144 |
09142 |
09139 |
09131 |
09127 |
09125 |
09124 |
09122 |
09089 |
09088 |
09066 |
09064 |
09060 |
09056 |
09049 |
09048 |
09047 |
09042 |
09030 |
09028 |
09026 |
09025 |
08692 |
08629 |
08612 |
08493 |
08492 |
08448 |
08229 |
05495 |
05487 |
05486 |
05479 |
05478 |
05477 |
05476 |
05473 |
05472 |
05471 |
05470 |
05354 |
05353 |
05211 |
05210 |
05143 |
05142 |
05137 |
05104 |
05100 |
05067 |
05056 |
05050 |
05049 |
05048 |
05047 |
05046 |
05045 |
05043 |
05039 |
05038 |
05033 |
05029 |
05028 |
05023 |
05014 |
05012 |
04993 |
04992 |
04976 |
04970 |
04967 |
04966 |
04965 |
04964 |
04963 |
04962 |
04961 |
04960 |
04959 |
04958 |
04957 |
04956 |
04955 |
04954 |
04953 |
04952 |
04951 |
04949 |
04948 |
04947 |
04945 |
04944 |
04934 |
04932 |
04931 |
04929 |
04904 |
04899 |
04596 |
04533 |
04520 |
04519 |
04517 |
04516 |
04397 |
04393 |
04386 |
04381 |
04380 |
04378 |
04376 |
04374 |
04373 |
04371 |
04370 |
04369 |
04133 |
01392 |
01391 |
01385 |
01382 |
01375 |
01374 |
01351 |
01350 |
01288 |
01287 |
01285 |
01284 |
01283 |
01282 |
01281 |
01280 |
01277 |
01276 |
01275 |
01258 |
01257 |
01232 |
01210 |
01202 |
01200 |
01168 |
01167 |
01166 |
01164 |
01163 |
01162 |
01137 |
01133 |
01132 |
01131 |
01130 |
01129 |
01114 |
01107 |
01106 |
01105 |
01104 |
01103 |
01102 |
01101 |
01100 |
01098 |
01097 |
01051 |
01043 |
01042 |
01041 |
01040 |
01023 |
01021 |
01020 |
01019 |
01018 |
01017 |
01016 |
01015 |
01014 |
01013 |
01012 |
01011 |
01010 |
01009 |
01008 |
01006 |
01004 |
01002 |
00971 |
00966 |
00965 |
00963 |
00961 |
00960 |
00955 |
00954 |
00953 |
00952 |
00944 |
00941 |
00934 |
00931 |
00926 |
00918 |
00913 |
00905 |
00903 |
00899 |
00897 |
00896 |
00895 |
00891 |
00878 |
00876 |
00868 |
00865 |
00863 |
00860 |
00857 |
00853 |
00851 |
00849 |
00806 |
00803 |
00775 |
00737 |
00720 |
00423 |
00421 |
00367 |
00293 |
00286 |
00259 |
00256 |