IBM Kanji Codes

The following tables show the relationship between kanji and IBM® kanji codes.

Table 1. IBM Japanese Character Set and IBM® Kanji Codes
  1st byte (hex) 2nd byte (hex)
  40 41…   …FE
40 space Reserved area  
41   Extended non-kanji set 134 characters
42 ⋮ 44   Basic kanji set (includes space) 416 characters
45 ⋮ 55   Basic kanji set 3226 characters
56 ⋮ 68   Extended kanji set 3487 characters
69 ⋮ 7F   User-defined characters 1880 characters
80 ⋮ FE   Reserved area  
Table 2. IBM Japanese Character Set and IBM® Kanji Codes (Extended for Unicode Subset)
  1st byte (hex) 2nd byte (hex)
  40 41…   …FE
40 space Reserved area  
41   Extended non-kanji set 134 characters
42 ⋮ 44   Basic kanji set (includes space) 416 characters
45 ⋮ 55   Basic kanji set 3226 characters
56 ⋮ 68   Extended kanji set 3478 characters
69 ⋮ B7   User-defined characters 6205 characters
B8⋮ A5   New extended kanji set 5522 characters
A6 ⋮ E9   New extended non-kanji set 2035 characters
EA ⋮ FE   Reserved area  
Note:
These tables do not show that all characters have a kanji code assigned. Each kanji character has a kanji number is addition to the IBM® kanji code A kanji number is a decimal number up to five digits in length, which is used for entering a kanji-like symbol from keyboards that do not have YOMI.
Following is the relationship between IBM® kanji codes and kanji numbers:
kanji number = converted value of ((IBM kanji code) - x'4000')
All kanji characters can be entered using kanji numbers.