Code Page 855 Encoding and Decoding

Code Page 855 (CP855), also known as IBM 00855, OEM 855, and MS-DOS Greek, is a character set used primarily for Cyrillic script languages in MS-DOS systems.

Code Page 855 (CP855) consists of 256 characters, where the first 128 characters are the same as ASCII. The remaining 128 characters (0x80 to 0xFF) include box-drawing characters, Cyrillic alphabets and other symbols.

The following table displays ASCII control characters:

Decimal	Octal	Hexadecimal	Symbol	Description
0	000	00	␀	Null character
1	001	01	␁	Start of Heading
2	002	02	␂	Start of Text
3	003	03	␃	End of Text
4	004	04	␄	End of Transmission
5	005	05	␅	Enquiry
6	006	06	␆	Acknowledge
7	007	07	␇	Bell, Alert
8	010	08	␈	Backspace
9	011	09	␉	Horizontal Tab
10	012	0A	␊	Line Feed
11	013	0B	␋	Vertical Tabulation
12	014	0C	␌	Form Feed
13	015	0D	␍	Carriage Return
14	016	0E	␎	Shift Out
15	017	0F	␏	Shift In
16	020	10	␐	Data Link Escape
17	021	11	␑	Device Control One (XON)
18	022	12	␒	Device Control Two
19	023	13	␓	Device Control Three (XOFF)
20	024	14	␔	Device Control Four
21	025	15	␕	Negative Acknowledge
22	026	16	␖	Synchronous Idle
23	027	17	␗	End of Transmission Block
24	030	18	␘	Cancel
25	031	19	␙	End of medium
26	032	1A	␚	Substitute
27	033	1B	␛	Escape
28	034	1C	␜	File Separator
29	035	1D	␝	Group Separator
30	036	1E	␞	Record Separator
31	037	1F	␟	Unit Separator

The following table displays ASCII printable characters:

Decimal	Octal	Hexadecimal	Symbol	Description
32	040	20	␠	Space
33	041	21	!	Exclamation mark
34	042	22		Double quotes (or speech marks)
35	043	23	#	Number sign
36	044	24	$	Dollar
37	045	25	%	Per cent sign
38	046	26	&	Ampersand
39	047	27	'	Single quote
40	050	28	(	Open parenthesis (or open bracket)
41	051	29	)	Close parenthesis (or close bracket)
42	052	2A	*	Asterisk
43	053	2B	+	Plus
44	054	2C	,	Comma
45	055	2D	-	Hyphen-minus
46	056	2E	.	Period, dot or full stop
47	057	2F	/	Slash or divide
48	060	30	0	Zero
49	061	31	1	One
50	062	32	2	Two
51	063	33	3	Three
52	064	34	4	Four
53	065	35	5	Five
54	066	36	6	Six
55	067	37	7	Seven
56	070	38	8	Eight
57	071	39	9	Nine
58	072	3A	:	Colon
59	073	3B	;	Semicolon
60	074	3C	<	Less than (or open angled bracket)
61	075	3D	=	Equals
62	076	3E	>	Greater than (or close angled bracket)
63	077	3F	?	Question mark
64	100	40	@	At sign
65	101	41	A	Uppercase A
66	102	42	B	Uppercase B
67	103	43	C	Uppercase C
68	104	44	D	Uppercase D
69	105	45	E	Uppercase E
70	106	46	F	Uppercase F
71	107	47	G	Uppercase G
72	110	48	H	Uppercase H
73	111	49	I	Uppercase I
74	112	4A	J	Uppercase J
75	113	4B	K	Uppercase K
76	114	4C	L	Uppercase L
77	115	4D	M	Uppercase M
78	116	4E	N	Uppercase N
79	117	4F	O	Uppercase O
80	120	50	P	Uppercase P
81	121	51	Q	Uppercase Q
82	122	52	R	Uppercase R
83	123	53	S	Uppercase S
84	124	54	T	Uppercase T
85	125	55	U	Uppercase U
86	126	56	V	Uppercase V
87	127	57	W	Uppercase W
88	130	58	X	Uppercase X
89	131	59	Y	Uppercase Y
90	132	5A	Z	Uppercase Z
91	133	5B	[	Opening bracket
92	134	5C	\	Backslash
93	135	5D	]	Closing bracket
94	136	5E	^	Caret - circumflex
95	137	5F	_	Underscore
96	140	60	`	Grave accent
97	141	61	a	Lowercase a
98	142	62	b	Lowercase b
99	143	63	c	Lowercase c
100	144	64	d	Lowercase d
101	145	65	e	Lowercase e
102	146	66	f	Lowercase f
103	147	67	g	Lowercase g
104	150	68	h	Lowercase h
105	151	69	i	Lowercase i
106	152	6A	j	Lowercase j
107	153	6B	k	Lowercase k
108	154	6C	l	Lowercase l
109	155	6D	m	Lowercase m
110	156	6E	n	Lowercase n
111	157	6F	o	Lowercase o
112	160	70	p	Lowercase p
113	161	71	q	Lowercase q
114	162	72	r	Lowercase r
115	163	73	s	Lowercase s
116	164	74	t	Lowercase t
117	165	75	u	Lowercase u
118	166	76	v	Lowercase v
119	167	77	w	Lowercase w
120	170	78	x	Lowercase x
121	171	79	y	Lowercase y
122	172	7A	z	Lowercase z
123	173	7B	{	Opening brace
124	174	7C	\|	Vertical bar
125	175	7D	}	Closing brace
126	176	7E	~	Equivalency sign - tilde
127	177	7F	␡	Delete

The following table displays box-drawing characters, Cyrillic alphabets and other special symbols:

Decimal	Octal	Hexadecimal	Symbol	Description
128	200	80	ђ	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER DJE
129	201	81	Ђ	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DJE
130	202	82	ѓ	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER GJE
131	203	83	Ѓ	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER GJE
132	204	84	ё	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER IO
133	205	85	Ё	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER IO
134	206	86	є	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER UKRAINIAN IE
135	207	87	Є	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER UKRAINIAN IE
136	210	88	ѕ	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER DZE
137	211	89	Ѕ	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DZE
138	212	8A	і	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER BYELORUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN I
139	213	8B	І	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER BYELORUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN I
140	214	8C	ї	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER YI
141	215	8D	Ї	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER YI
142	216	8E	ј	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER JE
143	217	8F	Ј	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER JE
144	220	90	љ	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER LJE
145	221	91	Љ	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER LJE
146	222	92	њ	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER NJE
147	223	93	Њ	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER NJE
148	224	94	ћ	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER TSHE
149	225	95	Ћ	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER TSHE
150	226	96	ќ	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER KJE
151	227	97	Ќ	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER KJE
152	230	98	ў	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SHORT U
153	231	99	Ў	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHORT U
154	232	9A	џ	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER DZHE
155	233	9B	Џ	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DZHE
156	234	9C	ю	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER YU
157	235	9D	Ю	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER YU
158	236	9E	ъ	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER HARD SIGN
159	237	9F	Ъ	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER HARD SIGN
160	240	A0	а	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER A
161	241	A1	А	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER A
162	242	A2	б	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER BE
163	243	A3	Б	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER BE
164	244	A4	ц	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER TSE
165	245	A5	Ц	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER TSE
166	246	A6	д	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER DE
167	247	A7	Д	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DE
168	250	A8	е	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER IE
169	251	A9	Е	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER IE
170	252	AA	ф	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EF
171	253	AB	Ф	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EF
172	254	AC	г	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER GHE
173	255	AD	Г	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER GHE
174	256	AE	«	LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
175	257	AF	»	RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
176	260	B0	░	LIGHT SHADE
177	261	B1	▒	MEDIUM SHADE
178	262	B2	▓	DARK SHADE
179	263	B3	│	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL
180	264	B4	┤	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL AND LEFT
181	265	B5	х	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER HA
182	266	B6	Х	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER HA
183	267	B7	и	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER I
184	270	B8	И	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER I
185	271	B9	╣	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL AND LEFT
186	272	BA	║	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL
187	273	BB	╗	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE DOWN AND LEFT
188	274	BC	╝	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE UP AND LEFT
189	275	BD	й	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SHORT I
190	276	BE	Й	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHORT I
191	277	BF	┐	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND LEFT
192	300	C0	└	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT UP AND RIGHT
193	301	C1	┴	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT UP AND HORIZONTAL
194	302	C2	┬	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND HORIZONTAL
195	303	C3	├	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL AND RIGHT
196	304	C4	─	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT HORIZONTAL
197	305	C5	┼	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL
198	306	C6	к	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER KA
199	307	C7	К	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER KA
200	310	C8	╚	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE UP AND RIGHT
201	311	C9	╔	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE DOWN AND RIGHT
202	312	CA	╩	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE UP AND HORIZONTAL
203	313	CB	╦	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE DOWN AND HORIZONTAL
204	314	CC	╠	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL AND RIGHT
205	315	CD	═	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE HORIZONTAL
206	316	CE	╬	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL
207	317	CF	¤	CURRENCY SIGN
208	320	D0	л	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EL
209	321	D1	Л	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EL
210	322	D2	м	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EM
211	323	D3	М	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EM
212	324	D4	н	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EN
213	325	D5	Н	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EN
214	326	D6	о	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER O
215	327	D7	О	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER O
216	330	D8	п	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER PE
217	331	D9	┘	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT UP AND LEFT
218	332	DA	┌	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND RIGHT
219	333	DB	█	FULL BLOCK
220	334	DC	▄	LOWER HALF BLOCK
221	335	DD	П	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER PE
222	336	DE	я	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER YA
223	337	DF	▀	UPPER HALF BLOCK
224	340	E0	Я	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER YA
225	341	E1	р	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ER
226	342	E2	Р	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ER
227	343	E3	с	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ES
228	344	E4	С	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ES
229	345	E5	т	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER TE
230	346	E6	Т	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER TE
231	347	E7	у	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER U
232	350	E8	У	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER U
233	351	E9	ж	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ZHE
234	352	EA	Ж	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ZHE
235	353	EB	в	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER VE
236	354	EC	В	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER VE
237	355	ED	ь	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SOFT SIGN
238	356	EE	Ь	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SOFT SIGN
239	357	EF	№	NUMERO SIGN
240	360	F0		SOFT HYPHEN
241	361	F1	ы	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER YERU
242	362	F2	Ы	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER YERU
243	363	F3	з	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ZE
244	364	F4	З	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ZE
245	365	F5	ш	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SHA
246	366	F6	Ш	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHA
247	367	F7	э	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER E
248	370	F8	Э	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER E
249	371	F9	щ	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SHCHA
250	372	FA	Щ	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHCHA
251	373	FB	ч	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER CHE
252	374	FC	Ч	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER CHE
253	375	FD	§	SECTION SIGN
254	376	FE	■	BLACK SQUARE
255	377	FF		NO-BREAK SPACE

Code Page 855 Encoding and Decoding

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