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MARC 21 Specifications for Record Structure, Character Sets, and Exchange Media

Code Table Basic Latin (ASCII)

December 2007

The first column in this table contains the MARC-8 code (in hex) for the character as coming from the G0 graphic set, the second column contains the MARC-8 code (in hex) for the character as coming from the G1 graphic set, the third column contains the UCS/Unicode 16-bit code (in hex), the fourth column contains the UTF-8 code (in hex) for the UCS characters, the fifth column contains a representation of the character (where possible), the sixth column contains the MARC character name, followed by the UCS name. If the MARC name is the same as or very similar to the UCS name, only the UCS name is given. For some tables alternate encodings in Unicode and UTF-8 are given. When that occurs the alternate Unicode and alternate UTF-8 columns follow the character name.


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MARC-8
as C0
MARC-8UCSUTF-8CHARNAME
1B001B1BESCAPE (Unlikely to occur in UCS/Unicode)
1D001D1DRECORD TERMINATOR / GROUP SEPARATOR
1E001E1EFIELD TERMINATOR / RECORD SEPARATOR
1F001F1FSUBFIELD DELIMITER / UNIT SEPARATOR
as G0as G1 
20A0002020 SPACE, BLANK / SPACE
21A1002121!EXCLAMATION MARK
22A2002222"QUOTATION MARK
23A3002323#NUMBER SIGN
24A4002424$DOLLAR SIGN
25A5002525%PERCENT SIGN
26A6002626&AMPERSAND
27A7002727'APOSTROPHE
28A8002828(OPENING PARENTHESIS / LEFT PARENTHESIS
29A9002929)CLOSING PARENTHESIS / CLOSING PARENTHESIS
2AAA002A2A*ASTERISK
2BAB002B2B+PLUS SIGN
2CAC002C2C,COMMA
2DAD002D2D-HYPHEN-MINUS
2EAE002E2E.PERIOD, DECIMAL POINT / FULL STOP
2FAF002F2F/SLASH / SOLIDUS
30B00030300DIGIT ZERO
31B10031311DIGIT ONE
32B20032322DIGIT TWO
33B30033333DIGIT THREE
34B40034344DIGIT FOUR
35B50035355DIGIT FIVE
36B60036366DIGIT SIX
37B70037377DIGIT SEVEN
38B80038388DIGIT EIGHT
39B90039399DIGIT NINE
3ABA003A3A:COLON
3BBB003B3B;SEMICOLON
3CBC003C3C<LESS-THAN SIGN
3DBD003D3D=EQUALS SIGN
3EBE003E3E>GREATER-THAN SIGN
3FBF003F3F?QUESTION MARK
40C0004040@COMMERCIAL AT
41C1004141ALATIN CAPITAL LETTER A
42C2004242BLATIN CAPITAL LETTER B
43C3004343CLATIN CAPITAL LETTER C
44C4004444DLATIN CAPITAL LETTER D
45C5004545ELATIN CAPITAL LETTER E
46C6004646FLATIN CAPITAL LETTER F
47C7004747GLATIN CAPITAL LETTER G
48C8004848HLATIN CAPITAL LETTER H
49C9004949ILATIN CAPITAL LETTER I
4ACA004A4AJLATIN CAPITAL LETTER J
4BCB004B4BKLATIN CAPITAL LETTER K
4CCC004C4CLLATIN CAPITAL LETTER L
4DCD004D4DMLATIN CAPITAL LETTER M
4ECE004E4ENLATIN CAPITAL LETTER N
4FCF004F4FOLATIN CAPITAL LETTER O
50D0005050PLATIN CAPITAL LETTER P
51D1005151QLATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q
52D2005252RLATIN CAPITAL LETTER R
53D3005353SLATIN CAPITAL LETTER S
54D4005454TLATIN CAPITAL LETTER T
55D5005555ULATIN CAPITAL LETTER U
56D6005656VLATIN CAPITAL LETTER V
57D7005757WLATIN CAPITAL LETTER W
58D8005858XLATIN CAPITAL LETTER X
59D9005959YLATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y
5ADA005A5AZLATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z
5BDB005B5B[OPENING SQUARE BRACKET / LEFT SQUARE BRACKET
5CDC005C5C\REVERSE SLASH / REVERSE SOLIDUS
5DDD005D5D]CLOSING SQUARE BRACKET / RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET
5EDE005E5E^SPACING CIRCUMFLEX / CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
5FDF005F5F_SPACING UNDERSCORE / LOW LINE
60E0006060`SPACING GRAVE / GRAVE ACCENT
61E1006161aLATIN SMALL LETTER A
62E2006262bLATIN SMALL LETTER B
63E3006363cLATIN SMALL LETTER C
64E4006464dLATIN SMALL LETTER D
65E5006565eLATIN SMALL LETTER E
66E6006666fLATIN SMALL LETTER F
67E7006767gLATIN SMALL LETTER G
68E8006868hLATIN SMALL LETTER H
69E9006969iLATIN SMALL LETTER I
6AEA006A6AjLATIN SMALL LETTER J
6BEB006B6BkLATIN SMALL LETTER K
6CEC006C6ClLATIN SMALL LETTER L
6DED006D6DmLATIN SMALL LETTER M
6EEE006E6EnLATIN SMALL LETTER N
6FEF006F6FoLATIN SMALL LETTER O
70F0007070pLATIN SMALL LETTER P
71F1007171qLATIN SMALL LETTER Q
72F2007272rLATIN SMALL LETTER R
73F3007373sLATIN SMALL LETTER S
74F4007474tLATIN SMALL LETTER T
75F5007575uLATIN SMALL LETTER U
76F6007676vLATIN SMALL LETTER V
77F7007777wLATIN SMALL LETTER W
78F8007878xLATIN SMALL LETTER X
79F9007979yLATIN SMALL LETTER Y
7AFA007A7AzLATIN SMALL LETTER Z
7BFB007B7B{OPENING CURLY BRACKET / LEFT CURLY BRACKET
7CFC007C7C|VERTICAL BAR (FILL) / VERTICAL LINE
7DFD007D7D}CLOSING CURLY BRACKET / RIGHT CURLY BRACKET
7EFE007E7E~SPACING TILDE / TILDE

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