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    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "iso-8859-6",
    "section": "7",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/iso-8859-6/7/json",
    "generated": "2026-05-30T07:11:51Z",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "iso8859-6 - ISO 8859-6 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "The  ISO  8859  standard  includes  several 8-bit extensions to the ASCII character set (also\nknown as ISO 646-IRV).  ISO 8859-6 encodes the characters used in the Arabic language.\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "ISO 8859 alphabets",
                    "content": "The full set of ISO 8859 alphabets includes:\n\nISO 8859-1    West European languages (Latin-1)\nISO 8859-2    Central and East European languages (Latin-2)\nISO 8859-3    Southeast European and miscellaneous languages (Latin-3)\nISO 8859-4    Scandinavian/Baltic languages (Latin-4)\nISO 8859-5    Latin/Cyrillic\nISO 8859-6    Latin/Arabic\nISO 8859-7    Latin/Greek\nISO 8859-8    Latin/Hebrew\nISO 8859-9    Latin-1 modification for Turkish (Latin-5)\nISO 8859-10   Lappish/Nordic/Eskimo languages (Latin-6)\nISO 8859-11   Latin/Thai\nISO 8859-13   Baltic Rim languages (Latin-7)\nISO 8859-14   Celtic (Latin-8)\nISO 8859-15   West European languages (Latin-9)\nISO 8859-16   Romanian (Latin-10)\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "ISO 8859-6 characters",
                    "content": "The following table displays the characters in ISO 8859-6 that are printable and unlisted  in\nthe ascii(7) manual page.\n\nOct   Dec   Hex   Char   Description\n─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\n240   160   A0           NO-BREAK SPACE\n244   164   A4     ¤     CURRENCY SIGN\n254   172   AC     ،     ARABIC COMMA\n255   173   AD           SOFT HYPHEN\n273   187   BB     ؛     ARABIC SEMICOLON\n277   191   BF     ؟     ARABIC QUESTION MARK\n301   193   C1     ء     ARABIC LETTER HAMZA\n302   194   C2     آ     ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH MADDA ABOVE\n303   195   C3     أ     ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA ABOVE\n304   196   C4     ؤ     ARABIC LETTER WAW WITH HAMZA ABOVE\n305   197   C5     إ     ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA BELOW\n306   198   C6     ئ     ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH HAMZA ABOVE\n307   199   C7     ا     ARABIC LETTER ALEF\n310   200   C8     ب     ARABIC LETTER BEH\n311   201   C9     ة     ARABIC LETTER TEH MARBUTA\n312   202   CA     ت     ARABIC LETTER TEH\n313   203   CB     ث     ARABIC LETTER THEH\n314   204   CC     ج     ARABIC LETTER JEEM\n315   205   CD     ح     ARABIC LETTER HAH\n316   206   CE     خ     ARABIC LETTER KHAH\n317   207   CF     د     ARABIC LETTER DAL\n320   208   D0     ذ     ARABIC LETTER THAL\n321   209   D1     ر     ARABIC LETTER REH\n322   210   D2     ز     ARABIC LETTER ZAIN\n323   211   D3     س     ARABIC LETTER SEEN\n324   212   D4     ش     ARABIC LETTER SHEEN\n325   213   D5     ص     ARABIC LETTER SAD\n326   214   D6     ض     ARABIC LETTER DAD\n327   215   D7     ط     ARABIC LETTER TAH\n\n330   216   D8     ظ     ARABIC LETTER ZAH\n331   217   D9     ع     ARABIC LETTER AIN\n332   218   DA     غ     ARABIC LETTER GHAIN\n340   224   E0     ـ     ARABIC TATWEEL\n341   225   E1     ف     ARABIC LETTER FEH\n342   226   E2     ق     ARABIC LETTER QAF\n343   227   E3     ك     ARABIC LETTER KAF\n344   228   E4     ل     ARABIC LETTER LAM\n345   229   E5     م     ARABIC LETTER MEEM\n346   230   E6     ن     ARABIC LETTER NOON\n347   231   E7     ه     ARABIC LETTER HEH\n350   232   E8     و     ARABIC LETTER WAW\n351   233   E9     ى     ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA\n352   234   EA     ي     ARABIC LETTER YEH\n353   235   EB     ً     ARABIC FATHATAN\n354   236   EC     ٌ     ARABIC DAMMATAN\n355   237   ED     ٍ     ARABIC KASRATAN\n356   238   EE     َ     ARABIC FATHA\n357   239   EF     ُ     ARABIC DAMMA\n360   240   F0     ِ     ARABIC KASRA\n361   241   F1     ّ     ARABIC SHADDA\n362   242   F2     ْ     ARABIC SUKUN\n"
                }
            ]
        },
        "NOTES": {
            "content": "ISO  8859-6  lacks  the  glyphs required for many related languages, such as Urdu and Persian\n(Farsi).\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "ascii(7), charsets(7), utf-8(7)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "COLOPHON": {
            "content": "This page is part of release 5.10 of the Linux  man-pages  project.   A  description  of  the\nproject,  information about reporting bugs, and the latest version of this page, can be found\nat https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.\n\n\n\nLinux                                        2020-08-13                                ISO8859-6(7)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "iso8859-6 - ISO 8859-6 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "ascii",
            "section": "7",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ascii/7/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "charsets",
            "section": "7",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/charsets/7/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "utf-8",
            "section": "7",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/utf-8/7/json"
        }
    ]
}