---
name: "Encode::KR"
section: "3perl"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl"
version: "5.44.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Encode::KR/3perl"
---

# Encode::KR(3perl)

Korean Encodings

## NAME

Encode::KR - Korean Encodings

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use Encode qw/encode decode/;
    $euc_kr = encode("euc-kr", $utf8);   # loads Encode::KR implicitly
    $utf8   = decode("euc-kr", $euc_kr); # ditto
```

## DESCRIPTION

This module implements Korean charset encodings.  Encodings supported are as follows.

```
  Canonical   Alias             Description
  --------------------------------------------------------------------
  euc-kr      /\beuc.*kr$/i     EUC (Extended Unix Character)
          /\bkr.*euc$/i
  ksc5601-raw                   Korean standard code set (as is)
  cp949       /(?:x-)?uhc$/i
              /(?:x-)?windows-949$/i
              /\bks_c_5601-1987$/i
                                Code Page 949 (EUC-KR + 8,822
                                (additional Hangul syllables)
  MacKorean                     EUC-KR + Apple Vendor Mappings
  johab       JOHAB             A supplementary encoding defined in
                                             Annex 3 of KS X 1001:1998
  iso-2022-kr                   iso-2022-kr                  [RFC1557]
  --------------------------------------------------------------------
```

To find how to use this module in detail, see Encode.

## BUGS

When you see `"charset=ks_c_5601-1987"` on mails and web pages, they really mean "cp949" encodings.  To fix that, the following aliases are set;

```
  qr/(?:x-)?uhc$/i         => '"cp949"'
  qr/(?:x-)?windows-949$/i => '"cp949"'
  qr/ks_c_5601-1987$/i     => '"cp949"'
```

The ASCII region (0x00-0x7f) is preserved for all encodings, even though this conflicts with mappings by the Unicode Consortium.

## SEE ALSO

Encode