Shift JIS - Shift JIS Byte Map

Shift JIS Byte Map

The chart below gives the detailed meaning of each byte in a Shift JIS encoded stream.

First byte
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0 ␀ ␁ ␂ ␃ ␄ ␅ ␆ ␇ ␈ ␉ ␊ ␋ ␌ ␍ ␎ ␏
1 ␐ ␑ ␒ ␓ ␔ ␕ ␖ ␗ ␘ ␙ ␚ ␛ ␜ ␝ ␞ ␟
2 ␠ ! " # $ % & " ( ) * + , - . /
3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ?
4 @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
5 P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ ¥ ] ^ _
6 ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
7 p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ‾ ␡
8
9
A ｡ ｢ ｣ ､ ･ ｦ ｧ ｨ ｩ ｪ ｫ ｬ ｭ ｮ ｯ
B ｰ ｱ ｲ ｳ ｴ ｵ ｶ ｷ ｸ ｹ ｺ ｻ ｼ ｽ ｾ ｿ
C ﾀ ﾁ ﾂ ﾃ ﾄ ﾅ ﾆ ﾇ ﾈ ﾉ ﾊ ﾋ ﾌ ﾍ ﾎ ﾏ
D ﾐ ﾑ ﾒ ﾓ ﾔ ﾕ ﾖ ﾗ ﾘ ﾙ ﾚ ﾛ ﾜ ﾝ ﾞ ﾟ
E
F
Second byte
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
Non printable ASCII character
Unaltered ASCII character
Modified ASCII character
Single-byte half-width katakana
First byte of a double-byte JIS X 0208 character
Unused as first byte of a JIS X 0208 character
Second byte of a double-byte JIS X 0208 character whose first half of the JIS sequence was odd
Second byte of a double-byte JIS X 0208 character whose first half of the JIS sequence was even
Unused as second byte of a JIS X 0208 character

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