Windows-1253 is a character encoding designed for the Greek language.

Windows-1253 consists of 256 characters, where the first 128 characters are the same as ASCII. The remaining 128 characters (0x80 to 0xFF) include Greek alphabet characters, additional punctuation, and symbols specific to the Greek language.

Windows-1253 also known as CP-1253.

The following table displays ASCII control characters:

DecimalOctalHexadecimalSymbolDescription
000000Null character
100101Start of Heading
200202Start of Text
300303End of Text
400404End of Transmission
500505Enquiry
600606Acknowledge
700707Bell, Alert
801008Backspace
901109Horizontal Tab
100120ALine Feed
110130BVertical Tabulation
120140CForm Feed
130150DCarriage Return
140160EShift Out
150170FShift In
1602010Data Link Escape
1702111Device Control One (XON)
1802212Device Control Two
1902313Device Control Three (XOFF)
2002414Device Control Four
2102515Negative Acknowledge
2202616Synchronous Idle
2302717End of Transmission Block
2403018Cancel
2503119End of medium
260321ASubstitute
270331BEscape
280341CFile Separator
290351DGroup Separator
300361ERecord Separator
310371FUnit Separator

The following table displays ASCII printable characters:

DecimalOctalHexadecimalSymbolDescription
3204020Space
3304121!Exclamation mark
3404222Double quotes (or speech marks)
3504323#Number sign
3604424$Dollar
3704525%Per cent sign
3804626&Ampersand
3904727'Single quote
4005028(Open parenthesis (or open bracket)
4105129)Close parenthesis (or close bracket)
420522A*Asterisk
430532B+Plus
440542C,Comma
450552D-Hyphen-minus
460562E.Period, dot or full stop
470572F/Slash or divide
48060300Zero
49061311One
50062322Two
51063333Three
52064344Four
53065355Five
54066366Six
55067377Seven
56070388Eight
57071399Nine
580723A:Colon
590733B;Semicolon
600743C<Less than (or open angled bracket)
610753D=Equals
620763E>Greater than (or close angled bracket)
630773F?Question mark
6410040@At sign
6510141AUppercase A
6610242BUppercase B
6710343CUppercase C
6810444DUppercase D
6910545EUppercase E
7010646FUppercase F
7110747GUppercase G
7211048HUppercase H
7311149IUppercase I
741124AJUppercase J
751134BKUppercase K
761144CLUppercase L
771154DMUppercase M
781164ENUppercase N
791174FOUppercase O
8012050PUppercase P
8112151QUppercase Q
8212252RUppercase R
8312353SUppercase S
8412454TUppercase T
8512555UUppercase U
8612656VUppercase V
8712757WUppercase W
8813058XUppercase X
8913159YUppercase Y
901325AZUppercase Z
911335B[Opening bracket
921345C\Backslash
931355D]Closing bracket
941365E^Caret - circumflex
951375F_Underscore
9614060`Grave accent
9714161aLowercase a
9814262bLowercase b
9914363cLowercase c
10014464dLowercase d
10114565eLowercase e
10214666fLowercase f
10314767gLowercase g
10415068hLowercase h
10515169iLowercase i
1061526AjLowercase j
1071536BkLowercase k
1081546ClLowercase l
1091556DmLowercase m
1101566EnLowercase n
1111576FoLowercase o
11216070pLowercase p
11316171qLowercase q
11416272rLowercase r
11516373sLowercase s
11616474tLowercase t
11716575uLowercase u
11816676vLowercase v
11916777wLowercase w
12017078xLowercase x
12117179yLowercase y
1221727AzLowercase z
1231737B{Opening brace
1241747C|Vertical bar
1251757D}Closing brace
1261767E~Equivalency sign - tilde
1271777FDelete

The following table displays Greek alphabet characters, additional punctuation, and symbols specific to the Greek language:

DecimalOctalHexadecimalSymbolDescription
12820080Euro sign
12920181Unused
13020282Single low-9 quotation mark
13120383ƒLatin small letter f with hook
13220484Double low-9 quotation mark
13320585Horizontal ellipsis
13420686Dagger
13520787Double dagger
13621088Unused
13721189Per mille sign
1382128AUnused
1392138BSingle left-pointing angle quotation
1402148CUnused
1412158DUnused
1422168EUnused
1432178FUnused
14422090Unused
14522191Left single quotation mark
14622292Right single quotation mark
14722393Left double quotation mark
14822494Right double quotation mark
14922595Bullet
15022696En dash
15122797Em dash
15223098Unused
15323199Trade mark sign
1542329AUnused
1552339BSingle right-pointing angle quotation mark
1562349CUnused
1572359DUnused
1582369EUnused
1592379FUnused
160240A0Non-breaking space
161241A1΅Greek dialytika tonos
162242A2ΆGreek capital letter Alpha with tonos
163243A3£Pound sign
164244A4¤Currency sign
165245A5¥Yen sign
166246A6¦Pipe, broken vertical bar
167247A7§Section sign
168250A8¨Spacing diaeresis - umlaut
169251A9©Copyright sign
170252AAUnused
171253AB«Left double angle quotes
172254AC¬Negation
173255AD­Soft hyphen
174256AE®Registered trade mark sign
175257AFHorizontal Bar
176260B0°Degree sign
177261B1±Plus-or-minus sign
178262B2²Superscript two - squared
179263B3³Superscript three - cubed
180264B4΄Greek tonos
181265B5µMicro sign
182266B6Pilcrow sign - paragraph sign
183267B7·Middle dot - Georgian comma
184270B8ΈGreek capital letter Epsilon with tonos
185271B9ΉGreek capital letter Eta with tonos
186272BAΊGreek capital letter Iota with tonos
187273BB»Right double angle quotes
188274BCΌGreek capital letter Omicron with tonos
189275BD½Fraction one half
190276BEΎGreek capital letter Upsilon with tonos
191277BFΏGreek capital letter Omega with tonos
192300C0ΐGreek small letter iota with dialytika and tonos
193301C1ΑGreek capital letter Alpha
194302C2ΒGreek capital letter Beta
195303C3ΓGreek capital letter Gamma
196304C4ΔGreek capital letter Delta
197305C5ΕGreek capital letter Epsilon
198306C6ΖGreek capital letter Zeta
199307C7ΗGreek capital letter Eta
200310C8ΘGreek capital letter Theta
201311C9ΙGreek capital letter Iota
202312CAΚGreek capital letter Kappa
203313CBΛGreek capital letter Lamda
204314CCΜGreek capital letter Mu
205315CDΝGreek capital letter Nu
206316CEΞGreek capital letter Xi
207317CFΟGreek capital letter Omicron
208320D0ΠGreek capital letter Pi
209321D1ΡGreek capital letter Rho
210322D2Unused
211323D3ΣGreek capital letter Sigma
212324D4ΤGreek capital letter Tau
213325D5ΥGreek capital letter Upsilon
214326D6ΦGreek capital letter Phi
215327D7ΧGreek capital letter Chi
216330D8ΨGreek capital letter Psi
217331D9ΩGreek capital letter Omega
218332DAΪGreek capital letter Iota with dialytika
219333DBΫGreek capital letter Upsilon with dialytika
220334DCάGreek small letter Alpha with tonos
221335DDέGreek small letter Epsilon with tonos
222336DEήGreek small letter Eta with tonos
223337DFίGreek small letter Iota with tonos
224340E0ΰGreek small letter Upsilon with dialytika and tonos
225341E1αGreek small letter alpha
226342E2βGreek small letter beta
227343E3γGreek small letter gamma
228344E4δGreek Small Letter Delta
229345E5εGreek small letter epsilon
230346E6ζGreek small letter zeta
231347E7ηGreek small letter eta
232350E8θGreek small letter theta
233351E9ιGreek small letter iota
234352EAκGreek small letter kappa
235353EBλGreek small letter lamda
236354ECμGreek small letter mu
237355EDνGreek small letter nu
238356EEξGreek small letter xi
239357EFοGreek small letter omicron
240360F0πGreek small letter pi
241361F1ρGreek small letter rho
242362F2ςGreek small letter final sigma
243363F3σGreek small letter sigma
244364F4τGreek small letter tau
245365F5υGreek small letter upsilon
246366F6φGreek small letter phi
247367F7χGreek small letter chi
248370F8ψGreek small letter psi
249371F9ωGreek small letter omega
250372FAϊGreek small letter iota with dialytika
251373FBϋGreek small letter upsilon with dialytika
252374FCόGreek small letter omicron with tonos
253375FDύGreek small letter upsilon with tonos
254376FEώGreek small letter omega with tonos
255377FFUnused