Each character set uses a specific encoding form to distinguish single-byte characters from multibyte characters.
| Character Set | Description | Encoding Form |
|---|---|---|
| SCHEBCDIC935_2IJ | Simplified Chinese (IBM CCSID 935) for mainframe clients. | EBCDIC Shift-Out/Shift-In. Shift-out character 0x0E and shift-in character 0x0F bracket each string of double-byte characters. |
| TCHEBCDIC937_3IB | Traditional Chinese (IBM CCSID 937) for mainframe clients. | |
| SCHGB2312_1T0 | Simplified Chinese (mixed GB2312) for network-attached clients. | Extended UNIX Code (EUC) composed of two code sets: cs0 for single-byte characters and cs1 for double-byte characters. |
| TCHBIG5_1R0 | Traditional Chinese (Big5) for network-attached clients. | Value of first byte in sequence distinguishes single-byte characters from double-byte characters. |
| SCHINESE936_6R0 | Simplified Chinese (mixed GB2312) for network-attached clients. | Value of first byte in sequence distinguishes single-byte characters from double-byte characters. |
| TCHINESE950_8R0 | Traditional Chinese (Big5) for network-attached clients. | Value of first byte in sequence distinguishes single-byte characters from double-byte characters. |