Asian Application Developer's Guide

Chapter 3 The Codeset Conversion Utility

Asian Solaris software provides the iconv library as a conversion utility for character-based code conversion.

Code Set Conversion Modules for Korean

Conversion for Korean EUC Character Codes

The following modules perform character-based code conversion on the KS C 5601 character set. They convert KS C 5601 characters, also called Completion code or Wansung, to Combination code (Johap), and vice versa.

For further information, see the iconv(3) and iconv_ko(5) man pages.

Table 3-1 Korean iconv Code Conversion Modules (ko locale)


Code	Symbol	TargetCode	Symbol
Wansung	ko_KR-euc	Johap	ko_KR-johap92
Wansung	ko_KR-euc	Packed	ko_KR-johap
Wansung	ko_KR-euc	N-Byte	ko_KR-nbyte
Wansung	ko_KR-euc	ISO-2022-KR	ko_KR-iso2022-7
Johap	ko_KR-johap92	Wansung	ko_KR-euc
Packed	ko_KR-johap	Wansung	ko_KR-euc
N-Byte	ko_KR-nbyte	Wansung	ko_KR-euc
ISO-2022-KR	ko_KR-iso2022-7	Wansung	ko_KR-euc

Conversion for `ko.UTF-8` Character Codes

The following modules perform character-based code conversion on the KS C 5700 character set. They convert KSC 5700 characters between Korean UTF-8, Completion code (Wansung), and Combination code (Johap).

For further information, see the iconv(3), iconv_ko.UTF-8(5), iconv_utf(5) man pages.

Table 3-2 Common Korean iconv Code Conversion Modules (ko and ko.UTF-8 locales)


Code	Symbol	Target Code	Symbol
UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8	Wansung	ko_KR-euc
UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8	Johap	ko_KR-johap92
UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8	Packed	ko_KR-johap
UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8	ISO-2022-KR	ko_KR-iso2022-7
Wansung	ko_KR-euc	UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8
Johap	ko_KR-johap92	UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8
Packed	ko_KR-johap	UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8
ISO-2022-KR	ko_KR-iso2022-7 UTF-8	UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8

Code Set Conversion Modules for Simplified Chinese

The following code set conversion modules are supported in Simplified Chinese Solaris software. For further information, see the iconv(3) and iconv_zh(5) man pages.

Table 3-3 Simplified Chinese iconv Code Conversion Modules (zh locale)


Code	Symbol	TargetCode	Symbol
GB2312-80	zh_CN.euc	ISO 2022-7	zh_CN.iso2022-7
ISO 2022-7	zh_CN.iso2022-7	GB2312-80	zh_CN.euc
GB2312-80	zh_CN.euc	ISO 2022-CN	zh_CN.iso2022-CN
ISO-2022-CN	zh_CN.iso2022-CN	GB2312-80	zh_CN.euc
UTF-8	UTF-8	GB2312-80	zh_CN.euc
GB2312-80	zh_CN.euc	UTF-8	UTF-8

Code Set Conversion Modules for Traditional Chinese

The following code set conversion modules are supported in Traditional Chinese Solaris. For further information, see the iconv(3) and iconv_zh_TW(5) man pages.

Table 3-4 Traditional Chinese iconv Code Conversion Modules (zh_TW and zh_TW.BIG5 locales)


Code	Symbol	Target Code	Symbol
CNS 11643	zh_TW-euc	Big-5	zh_TW-big5
CNS 11643	zh_TW-euc	ISO 2022-7	zh_TW-iso2022-7
Big-5	zh_TW-big5	CNS 11643	zh_TW-euc
Big-5	zh_TW-big5	ISO 2022-7	zh_TW-iso2022-7
ISO 2022-7	zh_TW-iso2022-7	CNS 11643	zh_TW-euc
ISO 2022-7	zh_TW-iso2022-7	Big-5	zh_TW-big5
CNS 11643	zh_TW-euc	ISO 2022-CN-EXT	zh_TW-iso2022-CN-EXT
ISO 2022-CN-EX	zh_TW-iso2022-CN-EXT	CNS 11643	zh_TW-euc
Big-5	zh_TW-big5	ISO 2022-CN	zh_TW-iso2022-CN
ISO 2022-CN	zh_TW-iso2022-CN	Big-5	zh_TW-big5
UTF-8	UTF-8	CNS 11643	zh_TW-euc
CNS 11643	CNS 11643	UTF-8	UTF-8
UTF-8	UTF-8	Big-5	zh_TW-big5
Big-5	zh_TW-big5	UTF-8	UTF-8
UTF-8	UTF-8	ISO 2022-7	zh_TW-iso2022-7
ISO 2022-7	zh_TW-iso2022-7	UTF-8	UTF-8
ISO 2022-CN-EXT	zh_TW-iso2022-CN-EXT	Big-5	zh_TW-big5
Big-5	zh_TW-big5	ISO 2022-CN-EXT	zh_TW-iso2022-CN-EXT