CCSID reference information

Coded character set identifier (CCSID) is a 16-bit number that includes a specific set of encoding scheme identifiers, character set identifiers, code page identifiers, and other information that uniquely identifies the coded graphic-character representation.

CCSID values defined on IBM i
This table lists the coded character set identifiers (CCSIDs) that are defined on the IBM® i operating system.
Supported CCSID mappings
The IBM i operating system can dynamically create CCSID mappings on demand by using Unicode. These CCSID mappings are predefined for better performance or mapping customization.
Associated CCSIDs
This table shows the associated CCSIDs for a given CCSID value and encoding scheme.
Encoding schemes for the CCSIDs
This table shows the encoding scheme values (from Character Data Representation Architecture) that are used for the CCSIDs.
Language identifiers and associated default CCSIDs
This table shows the language identifiers and the job default CCSID (DFTCCSID) values associated with those identifiers.

Parent topic: Globalization reference information

Related concepts:

Character data integrity

Automatic character set and code page conversion

Coding globalized applications that use bidirectional data