The Xerox Character Code Standard (XCCS) is a historical 16-bit character encoding that was created by Xerox in 1980 for the exchange of information between elements of the Xerox Network Systems Architecture. It encodes the characters required for languages using the Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, Greek and Cyrillic scripts, the Chinese, Japanese and Korean writing systems, and technical symbols.

It can be viewed as an early precursor of, and inspiration for, the Unicode Standard.

The International Character Set (ICS) is compatible with XCCS.

The XCCS 2.0 (1990) revision covers Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, Gothic, Armenian, Runic, Georgian, Greek, Cyrillic, Hiragana, Katakana, Bopomofo scripts, technical, and mathematical symbols.

Code charts

Character sets overview

XCCS Lead byte
0123456789ABCDEF
0x00
1x
2x212223242526272829
3x303132333435363738393A3B3C3D3E3F
4x404142434445464748494A4B4C4D4E4F
5x505152535455565758595A5B5C5D5E5F
6x606162636465666768696A6B6C6D6E6F
7x70717273747576
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
ExE0E1E2E3EEEF
FxF0F1FEFF

Character set 0x00 (ASCII/ISO/CCITT Latin alphabet and punctuation)

XCCS (prefixed with 0x00)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2xSP!"#¤%&ʼ()*+,-./
3x0123456789:;<=>?
4x@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
5xPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_
6x`abcdefghijklmno
7xpqrstuvwxyz{|}~
8x
9x
Ax¡¢£$¥§«
Bx°±²³×µ·÷»¼½¾¿
Cx`´ˆ˜¯˘˙¨˚¸ˍ˝˛ˇ
Dx¹©®
ExÆÐªĦȷIJĿŁØŒºÞŦŊʼn
Fxĸæđðħıijŀłøœßþŧŋ

Character set 0x21 (Symbols 1 - Japanese punctuation and math symbols)

XCCS (prefixed with 0x21)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2xIDSP·´¨
3x
4x
5x×
6x÷°¥
7x¢£§
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0x22: Symbols 2 - Japanese and mathematical symbols

XCCS (prefixed with 0x22)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x
3x
4x¬
5x
6x
7x
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0x23: Extended Latin alphabet

XCCS (prefixed with 0x23)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x
3x
4x
5x
6x
7x
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx̣
Ex
Fx

Character set 0x24: (Top) Japanese hiragana syllabary (Bottom) Chinese Bo-po-mo-fo

XCCS (prefixed with 0x24)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x
3x
4x
5x
6x
7x
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0x25: Japanese katakana syllabary

XCCS (prefixed with 0x25)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x
3x
4x
5x
6x
7x
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0x26: Greek alphabet

XCCS (prefixed with 0x26)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2xΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟ
3xΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ;
4xαβγδεζηθικλμνξο
5xπρστυφχψω
6x
7xς
8x
9x
Ax
Bx΄΅
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0x27: Cyrillic alphabet

XCCS (prefixed with 0x27)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2xАБВГДЕЁЖЗИЙКЛМН
3xОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭ
4xЮЯ
5xабвгдеёжзийклмн
6xопрстуфхцчшщъыьэ
7xюя
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0x28: (Top) JIS and IBM forms characters (Bottom) Mosaic characters

XCCS (prefixed with 0x28)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x
3x
4x
5x
6x
7x
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0x30

XCCS (prefixed with 0x30)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x
3x
4x
5x禿
6x
7x
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0x31

XCCS (prefixed with 0x31)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x
3x
4x
5x
6x沿
7x
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0xE0

XCCS (prefixed with 0xE0)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x
3x
4x
5x
6xאבגדהוזחטיךכלםמ
7xןנסעףפץצקרשת
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0xE1

XCCS (prefixed with 0xE1)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x
3x
4xءآأؤإئابةتثجحخد
5xذرزسشصضطظعغ
6xـفقكلمنهوىيًٌٍَُ
7xِّْٕٖٓٔٗ٘ٙٚ
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0xE2

XCCS (prefixed with 0xE2)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x
3x
4x
5x
6x
7x
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dxjʎŋkɡ
Exxɣɰgɴƞqɢχʁʀħʕʔhɦ
Fx

Character set 0xE3

XCCS (prefixed with 0xE3)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x
3x
4x
5x
6x
7x
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
DxHCF
Ex
FxHVF

Character set 0xEE

XCCS (prefixed with 0xEE)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2xNBSP3/MSP4/MSPHSPPSPENSPEMSPFSP.
3x
4x
5x
6x
7x////|
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0xEF

XCCS (prefixed with 0xEF)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x'/
3x
4x
5x
6x¬¦
7x
8x
9x
Axƒ
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0xF0

XCCS (prefixed with 0xF0)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x
3x
4x
5x
6x
7x
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0xF1

XCCS (prefixed with 0xF1)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2xÁÀÂÉÜÎÄÅÓÒÚÙÇÍÌ
3xÆØŒ
4x
5xÖ
6x
7x
8x
9x
Axáàâéüîäåóòúùçíì
Bxæøœ
Cx
Dxö
Ex
Fx

See also

Further reading

  • Character Code Standard, coll. "Xerox System Integration Standard". May 1980.
  • Character Standard Code XSIS 058,405, coll. "Xerox System Integration Standard". April 1984. (100 pp.)
  • Character Standard Code XNSS 058,405, coll. "Xerox System Integration Standard". May 1986.
  • Character Standard Code XNSS 059,003 Version 2.0, coll. "Xerox System Integration Standard". June 1990.
  • (PDF). Xerox Systems Institute. (PDF) from the original on 2016-11-25.