Windows-1253

Windows-1253 is a Windows code page used to write modern Greek. It is not capable of supporting the older polytonic Greek. It is not fully compatible with ISO 8859-7 because the letters like Ά are located at different byte values.

Unicode is preferred for modern applications.

Code page layout

The following table shows Windows-1253. Each character is shown with its Unicode equivalent and its decimal code.

Legend:

Alphabetic   Control character   Numeric digit   Punctuation

Extended punctuation   Graphic character   International   Undefined

Windows-1253

	_0	_1	_2	_3	_4	_5	_6	_7	_8	_9	_A	_B	_C	_D	_E	_F
0_	NUL 0000 0	SOH 0001 1	STX 0002 2	ETX 0003 3	EOT 0004 4	ENQ 0005 5	ACK 0006 6	BEL 0007 7	BS 0008 8	HT 0009 9	LF 000A 10	VT 000B 11	FF 000C 12	CR 000D 13	SO 000E 14	SI 000F 15
1_	DLE 0010 16	DC1 0011 17	DC2 0012 18	DC3 0013 19	DC4 0014 20	NAK 0015 21	SYN 0016 22	ETB 0017 23	CAN 0018 24	EM 0019 25	SUB 001A 26	ESC 001B 27	FS 001C 28	GS 001D 29	RS 001E 30	US 001F 31
2_	SP 0020 32	! 0021 33	" 0022 34	# 0023 35	$ 0024 36	% 0025 37	& 0026 38	' 0027 39	( 0028 40	) 0029 41	* 002A 42	+ 002B 43	, 002C 44	- 002D 45	. 002E 46	/ 002F 47
3_	0 0030 48	1 0031 49	2 0032 50	3 0033 51	4 0034 52	5 0035 53	6 0036 54	7 0037 55	8 0038 56	9 0039 57	: 003A 58	; 003B 59	< 003C 60	= 003D 61	> 003E 62	? 003F 63
4_	@ 0040 64	A 0041 65	B 0042 66	C 0043 67	D 0044 68	E 0045 69	F 0046 70	G 0047 71	H 0048 72	I 0049 73	J 004A 74	K 004B 75	L 004C 76	M 004D 77	N 004E 78	O 004F 79
5_	P 0050 80	Q 0051 81	R 0052 82	S 0053 83	T 0054 84	U 0055 85	V 0056 86	W 0057 87	X 0058 88	Y 0059 89	Z 005A 90	[ 005B 91	\ 005C 92	] 005D 93	^ 005E 94	_ 005F 95
6_	` 0060 96	a 0061 97	b 0062 98	c 0063 99	d 0064 100	e 0065 101	f 0066 102	g 0067 103	h 0068 104	i 0069 105	j 006A 106	k 006B 107	l 006C 108	m 006D 109	n 006E 110	o 006F 111
7_	p 0070 112	q 0071 113	r 0072 114	s 0073 115	t 0074 116	u 0075 117	v 0076 118	w 0077 119	x 0078 120	y 0079 121	z 007A 122	{ 007B 123	| 007C 124	} 007D 125	~ 007E 126	DEL 007F 127
8_	€ 20AC 128	129	‚ 201A 130	ƒ 0192 131	„ 201E 132	… 2026 133	† 2020 134	‡ 2021 135	136	‰ 2030 137	138	‹ 2039 139	140	141	142	143
9_	144	‘ 2018 145	’ 2019 146	“ 201C 147	” 201D 148	• 2022 149	– 2013 150	— 2014 151	152	™ 2122 153	154	› 203A 155	156	157	158	159
A_	NBSP 00A0 160	΅ 0385 161	Ά 0386 162	£ 00A3 163	¤ 00A4 164	¥ 00A5 165	¦ 00A6 166	§ 00A7 167	¨ 00A8 168	© 00A9 169	170	« 00AB 171	¬ 00AC 172	SHY 00AD 173	® 00AE 174	― 2015 175
B_	° 00B0 176	± 00B1 177	² 00B2 178	³ 00B3 179	΄ 0384 180	µ 00B5 181	¶ 00B6 182	· 00B7 183	Έ 0388 184	Ή 0389 185	Ί 038A 186	» 00BB 187	Ό 038C 188	½ 00BD 189	Ύ 038E 190	Ώ 038F 191
C_	ΐ 0390 192	Α 0391 193	Β 0392 194	Γ 0393 195	Δ 0394 196	Ε 0395 197	Ζ 0396 198	Η 0397 199	Θ 0398 200	Ι 0399 201	Κ 039A 202	Λ 039B 203	Μ 039C 204	Ν 039D 205	Ξ 039E 206	Ο 039F 207
D_	Π 03A0 208	Ρ 03A1 209	210	Σ 03A3 211	Τ 03A4 212	Υ 03A5 213	Φ 03A6 214	Χ 03A7 215	Ψ 03A8 216	Ω 03A9 217	Ϊ 03AA 218	Ϋ 03AB 219	ά 03AC 220	έ 03AD 221	ή 03AE 222	ί 03AF 223
E_	ΰ 03B0 224	α 03B1 225	β 03B2 226	γ 03B3 227	δ 03B4 228	ε 03B5 229	ζ 03B6 230	η 03B7 231	θ 03B8 232	ι 03B9 233	κ 03BA 234	λ 03BB 235	μ 03BC 236	ν 03BD 237	ξ 03BE 238	ο 03BF 239
F_	π 03C0 240	ρ 03C1 241	ς 03C2 242	σ 03C3 243	τ 03C4 244	υ 03C5 245	φ 03C6 246	χ 03C7 247	ψ 03C8 248	ω 03C9 249	ϊ 03CA 250	ϋ 03CB 251	ό 03CC 252	ύ 03CD 253	ώ 03CE 254	255
	_0	_1	_2	_3	_4	_5	_6	_7	_8	_9	_A	_B	_C	_D	_E	_F

See also

• ISO 8859-7
• ISO 5428

External links

• Windows 1253 reference chart
• IANA Charset Name Registration
• Unicode mapping table for Windows 1253
• Unicode mappings of windows 1425 with "best fit"