GB 2312

historical character encoding designed mainly for the simplified ideographic writing system used in the People's Republic of China, with a very basic support of a few other scripts
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GB 2312

Summary

GB 2312 is a coded character set[1]. It draws 36 Wikipedia views per month (coded_character_set category, ranking #3 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • GB 2312 is in the country of People's Republic of China[3].
  • GB 2312's instance of is recorded as coded character set[4].
  • GB 2312's instance of is recorded as GB standard[5].
  • GB 2312's instance of is recorded as character encoding[6].
  • GB 2312's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02nqjs[7].
  • GB 2312's replaced by is recorded as GBK[8].
  • GB 2312's standards body is recorded as National Standardization Administration[9].
  • GB 2312's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as GB_2312[10].
  • GB 2312's IBM graphic character set global ID is recorded as 01081[11].
  • GB 2312's number of records is recorded as {'amount': '+6763'}[12].
  • GB 2312's International Classification for Standards is recorded as 35.040[13].
  • GB 2312's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 한자/GB 2312[14].

Body

Geography

GB 2312 is in the country of People's Republic of China[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include coded character set[4], GB standard[5], and character encoding[6].

Why It Matters

GB 2312 draws 36 Wikipedia views per month (coded_character_set category, ranking #3 of 6).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . gb688.cn. gb688.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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