Perso-Arabic Script Code for Information Interchange
Perso-Arabic Script Code for Information Interchange (PASCII) is one of the Indian government standards for encoding languages using writing systems based on Perso-Arabic alphabet, in particular Kashmiri, Persian, Sindhi and Urdu. The ISCII encoding was originally intended to cover both the Brahmi-derived writing systems of India and the Arabic-based systems, but it was subsequently decided to encode the Arabic-based writing systems separately.
PASCII has not been widely used outside certain government institutions and has now been rendered largely obsolete by Unicode. Unicode uses a separate block for each writing system and largely preserves the PASCII layout within each block.
Codepage layout[edit]
The following table shows the character set for PASCII. Each character is shown with its decimal code and its Unicode equivalent.
_0 | _1 | _2 | _3 | _4 | _5 | _6 | _7 | _8 | _9 | _A | _B | _C | _D | _E | _F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0_ 0 |
NUL 0000 |
SOH 0001 |
STX 0002 |
ETX 0003 |
EOT 0004 |
ENQ 0005 |
ACK 0006 |
BEL 0007 |
BS 0008 |
HT 0009 |
LF 000A |
VT 000B |
FF 000C |
CR 000D |
SO 000E |
SI 000F |
1_ 16 |
DLE 0010 |
DC1 0011 |
DC2 0012 |
DC3 0013 |
DC4 0014 |
NAK 0015 |
SYN 0016 |
ETB 0017 |
CAN 0018 |
EM 0019 |
SUB 001A |
ESC 001B |
FS 001C |
GS 001D |
RS 001E |
US 001F |
2_ 32 |
SP 0020 |
! 0021 |
" 0022 |
# 0023 |
$ 0024 |
% 0025 |
& 0026 |
' 0027 |
( 0028 |
) 0029 |
* 002A |
+ 002B |
, 002C |
- 002D |
. 002E |
/ 002F |
3_ 48 |
0 0030 |
1 0031 |
2 0032 |
3 0033 |
4 0034 |
5 0035 |
6 0036 |
7 0037 |
8 0038 |
9 0039 |
: 003A |
; 003B |
< 003C |
= 003D |
> 003E |
? 003F |
4_ 64 |
@ 0040 |
A 0041 |
B 0042 |
C 0043 |
D 0044 |
E 0045 |
F 0046 |
G 0047 |
H 0048 |
I 0049 |
J 004A |
K 004B |
L 004C |
M 004D |
N 004E |
O 004F |
5_ 80 |
P 0050 |
Q 0051 |
R 0052 |
S 0053 |
T 0054 |
U 0055 |
V 0056 |
W 0057 |
X 0058 |
Y 0059 |
Z 005A |
[ 005B |
\ 005C |
] 005D |
^ 005E |
_ 005F |
6_ 96 |
` 0060 |
a 0061 |
b 0062 |
c 0063 |
d 0064 |
e 0065 |
f 0066 |
g 0067 |
h 0068 |
i 0069 |
j 006A |
k 006B |
l 006C |
m 006D |
n 006E |
o 006F |
7_ 112 |
p 0070 |
q 0071 |
r 0072 |
s 0073 |
t 0074 |
u 0075 |
v 0076 |
w 0077 |
x 0078 |
y 0079 |
z 007A |
{ 007B |
| 007C |
} 007D |
~ 007E |
DEL 007F |
8_ 128 |
ـ 0640 |
ا 0627 |
آ 0622 |
ب 0628 |
ٻ 067B |
ڀ 0680 |
پ 067E |
ڦ 06A6 |
ت 062A |
ة 0629 |
ٿ 067F |
ٹ[a] 0679 |
ٺ 067A |
ث 062B |
ج 062C | |
9_ 144 |
ڄ 0684 |
ڃ 0683 |
چ 0686 |
ڇ 0687 |
ح 062D |
خ 062E |
د 062F |
ڌ 068C |
ڈ[b] 0688 |
ڏ 068F |
ڍ 068D |
ذ 0630 |
ر 0631 |
ڑ[c] 0691 |
ڙﻬ 0699/FEEC |
ز 0632 |
A_ 160 |
ژ 0698 |
س 0633 |
ش 0634 |
ص 0635 |
ض 0636 |
ط 0637 |
ظ 0638 |
ع 0639 |
غ 063A |
ف 0641 |
ق 0642 |
ڪ[d] 06AA |
ک 06A9 |
گ 06AF |
ڳ 06B3 |
ڱ 06B1 |
B_ 176 |
ل 0644 |
م 0645 |
ن 0646 |
ں 06BA |
ڻ 06BB |
و 0648 |
ۄ 06C4 |
ه 0647 |
ھ 06BE |
ء 0621 |
ى 0649 |
ؠ 0620 |
ۓ 06D3 |
ے 06D2 |
َ 064E |
ِ 0650 |
C_ 192 |
ُ 064F |
ٗ 0657 |
ٔ 0654 |
ٕ 0655 |
ٔ[e] 0654 |
ٟ 065F |
ّ 0651 |
ٓ 0653 |
ۡ 06E1 |
ٰ 0670 |
ٖ 0656 |
[f] |
…[g] 2026 |
ؔ 0614 |
، 060C |
ؐ 0610 |
D_ 208 |
ؓ 0613 |
ؒ 0612 |
ؑ 0611 |
ࣗ 08D7 |
[h] |
ۙ 06D9 |
ۚ 06DA |
ۢ 06E2 |
[g] 0601 |
٪ 066A |
٬ 066C |
٫ 066B |
۰ 06F0 |
۱ 06F1 |
۲ 06F2 |
۳ 06F3 |
E_ 224 |
۴ 06F4 |
۵ 06F5 |
۶ 06F6 |
۷ 06F7 |
۸ 06F8 |
۹ 06F9 |
! 0021 |
“ 201C |
” 201D |
‘ 2018 |
’ 2019 |
( 0028 |
) 0029 |
٭ 066D |
+ 002B |
ATR |
F_ 240 |
- 002D |
/ 002F |
؛ 061B |
: 003A |
؟ 061F |
= 003D |
۔ 06D4 |
06DD |
●[g] 25CF |
٬ 066C |
DM |
LB |
◌[g] 25CC |
· 00B7 |
Letter Number Punctuation Symbol Other Undefined
- ^ This character is displayed as ٽ (Unicode point 067D) for Sindhi texts.
- ^ This character is displayed as ڊ (Unicode point 068A) for Sindhi texts.
- ^ This character is displayed as ڙ (Unicode point 0699) for Sindhi texts.
- ^ This character is usually displayed as ک (Unicode point 06A9) in non-Sindhi texts. See also: Khē
- ^ This code space is used for Kashmiri hamza, an orthographic variation not used in Unicode. This diacritic on an alif is 0672 in Unicode.
- ^ This diacritic currently has no Unicode support. This diacritic on an alif is 0671 in Unicode.
- ^ a b c d This punctuation mark currently has no Unicode support. Nearest equivalent shown.
- ^ This combining superscript letter kaf currently has no Unicode support.