cp1251(7)

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okay bestie, buckle up, because we're about to deep-dive into a man page from Miscellaneous Information Manual that is literally just a whole vibe check on one character set ๐Ÿ’…. It's cp1251(7), it's giving Cyrillic, and it's genuinely so useful.

๐ŸŒธ NAME ๐ŸŒธ

cp1251 โ€” the CP 1251 character set, spelled out in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal ๐ŸŽ€

๐Ÿฆ‹ DESCRIPTION ๐Ÿฆ‹

So. The Windows Code Pages are a whole family, right? And they include several 8-bit extensions to the ASCII character set โ€” and yes, ASCII is also known as ISO/IEC 646-IRV, iykyk. CP 1251 is the one that encodes the characters used in Cyrillic scripts. That's her whole thing. Periodt.

๐Ÿ’œ CP 1251 characters

Below is every character in CP 1251 that's printable and not already listed over in the ascii(7) manual page. Oct, Dec, Hex, the character itself, and what it's called โ€” all of it, snack-sized:

Oct   Dec   Hex   Char   Description
โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
200   128   80     ะ‚     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DJE
201   129   81     ะƒ     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER GJE
202   130   82     โ€š     SINGLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK
203   131   83     ั“     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER GJE
204   132   84     โ€ž     DOUBLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK
205   133   85     โ€ฆ     HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS
206   134   86     โ€      DAGGER
207   135   87     โ€ก     DOUBLE DAGGER
210   136   88     โ‚ฌ     EURO SIGN
211   137   89     โ€ฐ     PER MILLE SIGN
212   138   8A     ะ‰     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER LJE
213   139   8B     โ€น     SINGLE LEFT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
214   140   8C     ะŠ     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER NJE
215   141   8D     ะŒ     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER KJE
216   142   8E     ะ‹     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER TSHE
217   143   8F     ะ     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DZHE
220   144   90     ั’     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER DJE
221   145   91     โ€˜     LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
222   146   92     โ€™     RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
223   147   93     โ€œ     LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
224   148   94     โ€     RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
225   149   95     โ€ข     BULLET
226   150   96     โ€“     EN DASH
227   151   97     โ€”     EM DASH
230   152   98           UNDEFINED
231   153   99     โ„ข     TRADE MARK SIGN
232   154   9A     ั™     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER LJE
233   155   9B     โ€บ     SINGLE RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
234   156   9C     ัš     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER NJE
235   157   9D     ัœ     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER KJE
236   158   9E     ั›     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER TSHE
237   159   9F     ัŸ     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER DZHE
240   160   A0           NO-BREAK SPACE
241   161   A1     ะŽ     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHORT U
242   162   A2     ัž     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SHORT U
243   163   A3     ะˆ     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER JE
244   164   A4     ยค     CURRENCY SIGN
245   165   A5     า     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER GHE WITH UPTURN
246   166   A6     ยฆ     BROKEN BAR
247   167   A7     ยง     SECTION SIGN
250   168   A8     ะ     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER IO
251   169   A9     ยฉ     COPYRIGHT SIGN
252   170   AA     ะ„     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER UKRAINIAN IE
253   171   AB     ยซ     LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
254   172   AC     ยฌ     NOT SIGN
255   173   AD           SOFT HYPHEN
256   174   AE     ยฎ     REGISTERED SIGN
257   175   AF     ะ‡     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER YI
260   176   B0     ยฐ     DEGREE SIGN
261   177   B1     ยฑ     PLUS-MINUS SIGN
262   178   B2     ะ†     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER
                         BYELORUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN I
263   179   B3     ั–     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER BYELORUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN I
264   180   B4     า‘     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER GHE WITH UPTURN
265   181   B5     ยต     MICRO SIGN
266   182   B6     ยถ     PILCROW SIGN
267   183   B7     ยท     MIDDLE DOT
270   184   B8     ั‘     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER IO
271   185   B9     โ„–     NUMERO SIGN
272   186   BA     ั”     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER UKRAINIAN IE
273   187   BB     ยป     RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
274   188   BC     ั˜     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER JE
275   189   BD     ะ…     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DZE
276   190   BE     ั•     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER DZE
277   191   BF     ั—     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER YI
300   192   C0     ะ     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER A
301   193   C1     ะ‘     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER BE
302   194   C2     ะ’     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER VE
303   195   C3     ะ“     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER GHE
304   196   C4     ะ”     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DE
305   197   C5     ะ•     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER IE
306   198   C6     ะ–     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ZHE
307   199   C7     ะ—     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ZE
310   200   C8     ะ˜     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER I
311   201   C9     ะ™     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHORT I
312   202   CA     ะš     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER KA
313   203   CB     ะ›     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EL
314   204   CC     ะœ     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EM
315   205   CD     ะ     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EN
316   206   CE     ะž     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER O
317   207   CF     ะŸ     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER PE
320   208   D0     ะ      CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ER
321   209   D1     ะก     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ES
322   210   D2     ะข     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER TE
323   211   D3     ะฃ     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER U
324   212   D4     ะค     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EF
325   213   D5     ะฅ     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER HA
326   214   D6     ะฆ     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER TSE
327   215   D7     ะง     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER CHE
330   216   D8     ะจ     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHA
331   217   D9     ะฉ     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHCHA
332   218   DA     ะช     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER HARD SIGN
333   219   DB     ะซ     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER YERU
334   220   DC     ะฌ     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SOFT SIGN
335   221   DD     ะญ     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER E
336   222   DE     ะฎ     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER YU
337   223   DF     ะฏ     CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER YA
340   224   E0     ะฐ     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER A
341   225   E1     ะฑ     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER BE
342   226   E2     ะฒ     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER VE
343   227   E3     ะณ     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER GHE
344   228   E4     ะด     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER DE
345   229   E5     ะต     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER IE
346   230   E6     ะถ     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ZHE
347   231   E7     ะท     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ZE
350   232   E8     ะธ     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER I
351   233   E9     ะน     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SHORT I
352   234   EA     ะบ     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER KA
353   235   EB     ะป     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EL
354   236   EC     ะผ     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EM
355   237   ED     ะฝ     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EN
356   238   EE     ะพ     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER O
357   239   EF     ะฟ     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER PE
360   240   F0     ั€     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ER
361   241   F1     ั     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ES
362   242   F2     ั‚     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER TE
363   243   F3     ัƒ     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER U
364   244   F4     ั„     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EF
365   245   F5     ั…     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER HA
366   246   F6     ั†     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER TSE
367   247   F7     ั‡     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER CHE
370   248   F8     ัˆ     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SHA
371   249   F9     ั‰     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SHCHA
372   250   FA     ัŠ     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER HARD SIGN
373   251   FB     ั‹     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER YERU
374   252   FC     ัŒ     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SOFT SIGN
375   253   FD     ั     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER E
376   254   FE     ัŽ     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER YU
377   255   FF     ั     CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER YA
๐Ÿ‘€ peep those two entries with no Char column โ€” that's 230 152 98 marked UNDEFINED and 255 173 AD doing the invisible SOFT HYPHEN thing. They're real, they're in the table, they're just not giving visible glyph energy. Also 240 160 A0 is a NO-BREAK SPACE, so she's blank on purpose, iconically.

๐ŸŽ€ NOTES ๐ŸŽ€

CP 1251 also goes by another name, bestie: Windows Cyrillic. Same girl, different name tag. ๐Ÿ’–

๐ŸŒˆ SEE ALSO ๐ŸŒˆ

go read these too, they're all part of the lore:

and that's the whole page, no crumbs left ๐Ÿซถ this one comes to you from Linux man-pages 6.20, dated 2026-02-08 โ€” you're welcome, go encode something gorgeous โœจ๐Ÿ‘‘

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