GSM alphabet

It is important to note that not all keyboard based characters are supported by the mobile networks protocol for SMS, as such we have put together a list of the GSM alphabet characters.

As a general rule if you send an unsupported character it will appear on a handset as the Latin character without the accent; so á will appear as a.

Hex Dec Character name Character
0×00 0 COMMERCIAL AT @
0×01 1 POUND SIGN £
0×02 2 DOLLAR SIGN $
0×03 3 YEN SIGN ¥
0×04 4 LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE è
0×05 5 LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE é
0×06 6 LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH GRAVE ù
0×07 7 LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH GRAVE ì
0×08 8 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH GRAVE ò
0×09 9 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA Ç
0x0A 10 LINE FEED  
0x0B 11 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH STROKE Ø
0x0C 12 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE ø
0x0D 13 CARRIAGE RETURN  
0x0E 14 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE Å
0x0F 15 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE å
0×10 16 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA Δ
0×11 17 LOW LINE _
0×12 18 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PHI Φ
0×13 19 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA Γ
0×14 20 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER LAMBDA Λ
0×15 21 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA Ω
0×16 22 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PI Π
0×17 23 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PSI Ψ
0×18 24 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA Σ
0×19 25 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER THETA Θ
0x1A 26 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER XI Ξ
0x1B 27 ESCAPE TO EXTENSION TABLE  
0x1B0A 27 10 FORM FEED  
0x1B14 27 20 CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT ^
0x1B28 27 40 LEFT CURLY BRACKET {
0x1B29 27 41 RIGHT CURLY BRACKET }
0x1B2F 27 47 REVERSE SOLIDUS (BACKSLASH) \
0x1B3C 27 60 LEFT SQUARE BRACKET [
0x1B3D 27 61 TILDE ~
0x1B3E 27 62 RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET ]
0x1B40 27 64 VERTICAL BAR |
0x1B65 27 101 EURO SIGN €
0x1C 28 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER AE Æ
0x1D 29 LATIN SMALL LETTER AE æ
0x1E 30 LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S (German) ß
0x1F 31 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE É
0×20 32 SPACE  
0×21 33 EXCLAMATION MARK !
0×22 34 QUOTATION MARK “
0×23 35 NUMBER SIGN #
0×24 36 CURRENCY SIGN ¤
0×25 37 PERCENT SIGN %
0×26 38 AMPERSAND &
0×27 39 APOSTROPHE ‘
0×28 40 LEFT PARENTHESIS (
0×29 41 RIGHT PARENTHESIS )
0x2A 42 ASTERISK *
0x2B 43 PLUS SIGN +
0x2C 44 COMMA ,
0x2D 45 HYPHEN-MINUS -
0x2E 46 FULL STOP .
0x2F 47 SOLIDUS (SLASH) /
0×30 48 DIGIT ZERO 0
0×31 49 DIGIT ONE 1
0×32 50 DIGIT TWO 2
0×33 51 DIGIT THREE 3
0×34 52 DIGIT FOUR 4
0×35 53 DIGIT FIVE 5
0×36 54 DIGIT SIX 6
0×37 55 DIGIT SEVEN 7
0×38 56 DIGIT EIGHT 8
0×39 57 DIGIT NINE 9
0x3A 58 COLON :
0x3B 59 SEMICOLON ;
0x3C 60 LESS-THAN SIGN <
0x3D 61 EQUALS SIGN =
0x3E 62 GREATER-THAN SIGN >
0x3F 63 QUESTION MARK ?
0×40 64 INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK ¡
0×41 65 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A A
0×42 66 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B B
0×43 67 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C C
0×44 68 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D D
0×45 69 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E E
0×46 70 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F F
0×47 71 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G G
0×48 72 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H H
0×49 73 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I I
0x4A 74 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER J J
0x4B 75 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K K
0x4C 76 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L L
0x4D 77 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M M
0x4E 78 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N N
0x4F 79 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O O
0×50 80 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P P
0×51 81 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q Q
0×52 82 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R R
0×53 83 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S S
0×54 84 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T T
0×55 85 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U U
0×56 86 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V V
0×57 87 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W W
0×58 88 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X X
0×59 89 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y Y
0x5A 90 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z Z
0x5B 91 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS Ä
0x5C 92 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS Ö
0x5D 93 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH TILDE Ñ
0x5E 94 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS Ü
0x5F 95 SECTION SIGN §
0×60 96 INVERTED QUESTION MARK ¿
0×61 97 LATIN SMALL LETTER A a
0×62 98 LATIN SMALL LETTER B b
0×63 99 LATIN SMALL LETTER C c
0×64 100 LATIN SMALL LETTER D d
0×65 101 LATIN SMALL LETTER E e
0×66 102 LATIN SMALL LETTER F f
0×67 103 LATIN SMALL LETTER G g
0×68 104 LATIN SMALL LETTER H h
0×69 105 LATIN SMALL LETTER I i
0x6A 106 LATIN SMALL LETTER J j
0x6B 107 LATIN SMALL LETTER K k
0x6C 108 LATIN SMALL LETTER L l
0x6D 109 LATIN SMALL LETTER M m
0x6E 110 LATIN SMALL LETTER N n
0x6F 111 LATIN SMALL LETTER O o
0×70 112 LATIN SMALL LETTER P p
0×71 113 LATIN SMALL LETTER Q q
0×72 114 LATIN SMALL LETTER R r
0×73 115 LATIN SMALL LETTER S s
0×74 116 LATIN SMALL LETTER T t
0×75 117 LATIN SMALL LETTER U u
0×76 118 LATIN SMALL LETTER V v
0×77 119 LATIN SMALL LETTER W w
0×78 120 LATIN SMALL LETTER X x
0×79 121 LATIN SMALL LETTER Y y
0x7A 122 LATIN SMALL LETTER Z z
0x7B 123 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS ä
0x7C 124 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS ö
0x7D 125 LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE ñ
0x7E 126 LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS ü
0x7F 127 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE à
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