Sharp MZ character sets are character sets made bySharp Corporation forSharp MZ computers. The European and Japanese versions of the software use different character sets.
On Sharp MZ computers, there are two types of character sets: An interchange character set (called an "ASCII code" in the documentation[1][2]) and a display character set. The interchange set is primarily used for keyboard input, while the display sets are primarily used for rendering text on the screen. Additionally, the European and Japanese versions of the software have different characters in each of their tables.
OnMZ-700 andMZ-800 series computers, there are two distinct display character sets: the primary and alternate character tables. The alternate display table is accessible by setting a bit associated with the character inV-RAM, located in the same part of memory that controls the color and background color of the character.[3][4] Characters from the alternate display character set are not supported by theBASIC interpreter and cannot be typed directly from the keyboard; instead, they can be displayed by using the BASIC commandPOKE.[5][6][1] In the Japanese version, the primary set containskatakana and uppercase Latin letters, while the alternate set containshiragana and lowercase Latin letters. In the European version, many of the characters in the primary Japanese set are replaced (including all Japanese language characters), and the lowercase Latin letters are now included in the primary set; the entire alternate Japanese set is replaced.[4]
The following tables show the character sets used by European Sharp MZ-700/MZ-800 character sets. Each character is shown with a potentialUnicode equivalent. Space and control characters are represented by the abbreviations for their names.
In both the European and Japanese versions, the code points in the range 0x20 to 0x5F of the interchange character set exactly match the printable characters in the 1963 version ofASCII.
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| 0x | CR | |||||||||||||||
| 1x | DEL | DOWN | UP | RIGHT | LEFT | HOME | CLS | INS | ||||||||
| 2x | SP | ! | " | # | $ | % | & | ' | ( | ) | * | + | , | - | . | / |
| 3x | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | : | ; | < | = | > | ? |
| 4x | @ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O |
| 5x | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | [ | \ | ] | ↑ | ← |
| 6x | 🛸︎ | | | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 😐︎ | 🐍︎ | | | 🮙 | | ![]() | ![]() |
| 7x | ▒ | 🮍 | 🮌 | 🮎 | 🮏 | 🮜 | 🮝 | 🮟 | 🮞 | ![]() | ![]() | ° | | ![]() | ![]() | |
| 8x | } | ┼ | | | | | | | | | | ^ | | | | |
| 9x | _ | ![]() | e | ` | ~ | | t | g | h | | b | x | d | r | p | c |
| Ax | q | a | z | w | s | u | i | | ö | k | f | v | | ü | ß | j |
| Bx | n | | Ü | m | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | o | l | Ä | ö | ä | ![]() | y | { | |
| Cx | | | ▐ | ▄ | ▔ | ▁ | ▏ | → | ▕ | █ | ◤ | 🮇 | ├ | ◘ | └ | ┐ | ▂ |
| Dx | ┌ | ┴ | ┬ | ┤ | ▎ | ▌ | 🮈 | 🮂 | ▀ | ▃ | 🭿 | ╭ | ╮ | ┘ | ▞ | ▚ |
| Ex | 🭹 | ♠ | 🭲 | 🭸 | 🭷 | 🭶 | 🭺 | 🭱 | 🭴 | ◣ | ╰ | ╯ | 🭼 | ╲ | ╱ | 🭽 |
| Fx | 🭾 | • | 🭻 | ♥ | 🭰 | ◢ | ╳ | ◦ | ♣ | 🭵 | ♦ | £ | ↓ | 🭳 | ◥ | π |
Control character | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| 0x | SP | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O |
| 1x | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | £ | └ | ┘ | ├ | ┴ |
| 2x | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | - | = | ; | / | . | , |
| 3x | 🭶 | 🭰 | 🭼 | 🭿 | 🭸 | 🭲 | 🮂 | ▎ | 🭺 | 🭴 | ▄ | ▐ | ▁ | ▕ | ▂ | 🮇 |
| 4x | } | ♠ | ◥ | █ | ♦ | ← | ♣ | • | ◦ | ? | ◘ | ╭ | ╮ | ◣ | ◢ | : |
| 5x | ↑ | < | [ | ♥ | ] | @ | ◤ | > | ↓ | \ | → | ▚ | ┌ | ┐ | ┤ | ┬ |
| 6x | π | ! | " | # | $ | % | & | ' | ( | ) | + | * | ▞ | ╳ | ╯ | ╰ |
| 7x | ▔ | ▏ | 🭽 | 🭾 | 🭷 | 🭱 | ╱ | ╲ | 🭹 | 🭳 | ▀ | ▌ | 🭻 | 🭵 | ▃ | 🮈 |
| 8x | | | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o |
| 9x | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z | ä | | | | |
| Ax | ![]() | | | ![]() | ` | ~ | | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ß | ü | ö | Ü | Ä | Ö |
| Bx | | | | | | | | | | | | | { | ┼ | ^ | _ |
| Cx | | [a] | [a] | [a] | [a] | 🅷[a] | 🅲[a] | 🛸︎ | | | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 😐︎ |
| Dx | ▒ | 🮍 | 🮌 | 🮎 | 🮏 | 🮜 | 🮝 | 🮟 | 🮞 | ![]() | ![]() | ° | | ![]() | ![]() | 🐍︎ |
| Ex | | | | | | 🮙 | | | | | | | ![]() | ![]() | | 🮐 |
| Fx | NBSP | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| 0x | SP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ☀ | |
| 2x | | | | | | | | | | | ⧉ | ⮺ | | | | |
| 3x | | | | | | | �[b] | �[b] | �[b] | �[b] | | | | | ⬤ | |
| 4x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5x | | | | | | | | | | 🛧 | | | ✈ | ↖ | ↙ | ↘ |
| 6x | ↗ | | | | | | | | | | | | | ⏫︎ | ⏪︎ | ⏬︎ |
| 7x | ⏩︎ | | ↕ | ↔ | 🍷︎ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8x | | ☂ | ⚬ | ⚪︎ | ○ | ◾ | ◼ | ■ | © | 🞓 | 🞑 | 🞏 | ⛵︎ | ⊖ | ⦶ | ⊕ |
| 9x | 🍓︎ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 🍎︎ | 💣︎ | |
| Ax | | | | | | | γ | Σ | | λ | Ω | ω | ∞ | ∝ | √ | ÷ |
| Bx | ™ | | ⊠ | ☼ | ⊞ | | | | ± | | | | | | | |
| Cx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ex | | | | Æ | ½ | ¼ | ⅓ | ⅔ | ≥ | ≤ | | | | | | |
| Fx | | | | | | | | | | | | 🏢︎ | ⛶ | ≠ | ⌠ | ⌡ |
Excluded from Unicode due tointellectual property concerns | ||||||||||||||||
The MZ-80K's European interchange character set is extremely similar to the MZ-700/MZ-800 European interchange character set, differing only at 0x80, 0x8B, 0x90, 0x93, 0x94, 0xBE, and 0xC0.[13]
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| 0x | CR | |||||||||||||||
| 1x | DEL | DOWN | UP | RIGHT | LEFT | HOME | CLS | INS | ||||||||
| 2x | SP | ! | " | # | $ | % | & | ' | ( | ) | * | + | , | - | . | / |
| 3x | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | : | ; | < | = | > | ? |
| 4x | @ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O |
| 5x | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | [ | \ | ] | ↑ | ← |
| 6x | 🛸︎ | | | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 😐︎ | 🐍︎ | | | 🮙 | | ![]() | ![]() |
| 7x | ▒ | 🮍 | 🮌 | 🮎 | 🮏 | 🮜 | 🮝 | 🮟 | 🮞 | ![]() | ![]() | ° | | ![]() | ![]() | |
| 8x | NBSP | ┼ | | | | | | | | | | 👃︎ | | | | |
| 9x | 👁︎ | ![]() | e | 🮙 | 🮘 | | t | g | h | | b | x | d | r | p | c |
| Ax | q | a | z | w | s | u | i | | ö | k | f | v | | ü | ß | j |
| Bx | n | | Ü | m | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | o | l | Ä | ö | ä | ![]() | y | ¥ | |
| Cx | NBSP | ▐ | ▄ | ▔ | ▁ | ▏ | → | ▕ | █ | ◤ | 🮇 | ├ | ◘ | └ | ┐ | ▂ |
| Dx | ┌ | ┴ | ┬ | ┤ | ▎ | ▌ | 🮈 | 🮂 | ▀ | ▃ | 🭿 | ╭ | ╮ | ┘ | ▞ | ▚ |
| Ex | 🭹 | ♠ | 🭲 | 🭸 | 🭷 | 🭶 | 🭺 | 🭱 | 🭴 | ◣ | ╰ | ╯ | 🭼 | ╲ | ╱ | 🭽 |
| Fx | 🭾 | • | 🭻 | ♥ | 🭰 | ◢ | ╳ | ◦ | ♣ | 🭵 | ♦ | £ | ↓ | 🭳 | ◥ | π |
Control character Differs from MZ-700/MZ-800 character set | ||||||||||||||||
The MZ-80K's European display character set is extremely similar to the MZ-700/MZ-800 European primary display character set, differing only at 0x40, 0x80, 0xA4, 0xA5, 0xBC, 0xBE, 0xBF, and 0xE5.[13] (0xDC differs in appearance, but semantically remains the symbol fordelete.)[9][14]
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| 0x | SP | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O |
| 1x | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | £ | └ | ┘ | ├ | ┴ |
| 2x | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | - | = | ; | / | . | , |
| 3x | 🭶 | 🭰 | 🭼 | 🭿 | 🭸 | 🭲 | 🮂 | ▎ | 🭺 | 🭴 | ▄ | ▐ | ▁ | ▕ | ▂ | 🮇 |
| 4x | NBSP | ♠ | ◥ | █ | ♦ | ← | ♣ | • | ◦ | ? | ◘ | ╭ | ╮ | ◣ | ◢ | : |
| 5x | ↑ | < | [ | ♥ | ] | @ | ◤ | > | ↓ | \ | → | ▚ | ┌ | ┐ | ┤ | ┬ |
| 6x | π | ! | " | # | $ | % | & | ' | ( | ) | + | * | ▞ | ╳ | ╯ | ╰ |
| 7x | ▔ | ▏ | 🭽 | 🭾 | 🭷 | 🭱 | ╱ | ╲ | 🭹 | 🭳 | ▀ | ▌ | 🭻 | 🭵 | ▃ | 🮈 |
| 8x | NBSP | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o |
| 9x | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z | ä | | | | |
| Ax | | | | ![]() | 🮙 | 🮘 | | | | | ß | ü | ö | Ü | Ä | Ö |
| Bx | | | | | | | | | | | | | ¥ | ┼ | 👃︎ | 👁︎ |
| Cx | | [a] | [a] | [a] | [a] | 🅷[a] | 🅲[a] | 🛸︎ | | | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 😐︎ |
| Dx | ▒ | 🮍 | 🮌 | 🮎 | 🮏 | 🮜 | 🮝 | 🮟 | 🮞 | ![]() | ![]() | ° | | ![]() | ![]() | 🐍︎ |
| Ex | | | | | | | | | | | | | ![]() | ![]() | | 🮐 |
| Fx | NBSP | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Differs from MZ-700/MZ-800 character set | ||||||||||||||||
The MZ-80A's European interchange character set is extremely similar to the MZ-700/MZ-800 European interchange character set, differing only at 0x6C, 0x6D, 0x7F and 0x90.[13][15]
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| 0x | CR | |||||||||||||||
| 1x | DEL | DOWN | UP | RIGHT | LEFT | HOME | CLS | INS | ||||||||
| 2x | SP | ! | " | # | $ | % | & | ' | ( | ) | * | + | , | - | . | / |
| 3x | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | : | ; | < | = | > | ? |
| 4x | @ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O |
| 5x | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | [ | \ | ] | ↑ | ← |
| 6x | 🛸︎ | | | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 😐︎ | 🐍︎ | | | | | ![]() | ![]() |
| 7x | ▒ | 🮍 | 🮌 | 🮎 | 🮏 | 🮜 | 🮝 | 🮟 | 🮞 | ![]() | ![]() | ° | | ![]() | ![]() | |
| 8x | } | ┼ | | | | | | | | | | ^ | | | | |
| 9x | ‾ | ![]() | e | ` | ~ | | t | g | h | | b | x | d | r | p | c |
| Ax | q | a | z | w | s | u | i | | ö | k | f | v | | ü | ß | j |
| Bx | n | | Ü | m | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | o | l | Ä | ö | ä | ![]() | y | { | |
| Cx | | | ▐ | ▄ | ▔ | ▁ | ▏ | → | ▕ | █ | ◤ | 🮇 | ├ | ◘ | └ | ┐ | ▂ |
| Dx | ┌ | ┴ | ┬ | ┤ | ▎ | ▌ | 🮈 | 🮂 | ▀ | ▃ | 🭿 | ╭ | ╮ | ┘ | ▞ | ▚ |
| Ex | 🭹 | ♠ | 🭲 | 🭸 | 🭷 | 🭶 | 🭺 | 🭱 | 🭴 | ◣ | ╰ | ╯ | 🭼 | ╲ | ╱ | 🭽 |
| Fx | 🭾 | • | 🭻 | ♥ | 🭰 | ◢ | ╳ | ◦ | ♣ | 🭵 | ♦ | £ | ↓ | 🭳 | ◥ | π |
Control character Differs from MZ-700/MZ-800 character set | ||||||||||||||||
The MZ-80A's European display character set is extremely similar to the MZ-700/MZ-800 European primary display character set, differing only at 0xBF, 0xE5 and 0xF0.[13][15]
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| 0x | SP | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O |
| 1x | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | £ | └ | ┘ | ├ | ┴ |
| 2x | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | - | = | ; | / | . | , |
| 3x | 🭶 | 🭰 | 🭼 | 🭿 | 🭸 | 🭲 | 🮂 | ▎ | 🭺 | 🭴 | ▄ | ▐ | ▁ | ▕ | ▂ | 🮇 |
| 4x | } | ♠ | ◥ | █ | ♦ | ← | ♣ | • | ◦ | ? | ◘ | ╭ | ╮ | ◣ | ◢ | : |
| 5x | ↑ | < | [ | ♥ | ] | @ | ◤ | > | ↓ | \ | → | ▚ | ┌ | ┐ | ┤ | ┬ |
| 6x | π | ! | " | # | $ | % | & | ' | ( | ) | + | * | ▞ | ╳ | ╯ | ╰ |
| 7x | ▔ | ▏ | 🭽 | 🭾 | 🭷 | 🭱 | ╱ | ╲ | 🭹 | 🭳 | ▀ | ▌ | 🭻 | 🭵 | ▃ | 🮈 |
| 8x | | | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o |
| 9x | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z | ä | | | | |
| Ax | ![]() | | | ![]() | ` | ~ | | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ß | ü | ö | Ü | Ä | Ö |
| Bx | | | | | | | | | | | | | { | ┼ | ^ | ‾ |
| Cx | | [a] | [a] | [a] | [a] | 🅷[a] | 🅲[a] | 🛸︎ | | | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 😐︎ |
| Dx | ▒ | 🮍 | 🮌 | 🮎 | 🮏 | 🮜 | 🮝 | 🮟 | 🮞 | ![]() | ![]() | ° | | ![]() | ![]() | 🐍︎ |
| Ex | | | | | | 🮘 | | | | | | | ![]() | ![]() | | 🮐 |
| Fx | 🮙 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Differs from MZ-700/MZ-800 character set | ||||||||||||||||
The code points in the range 0x20 to 0x7E mostly match the printable characters inASCII; however, 0x5F is anoverline instead of anunderscore. Likewise, 0xA0 to 0x7E are theinverse video counterparts of these characters.
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| 0x | NULL | DOWN | UP | RIGHT | LEFT | HOME | CLR | DEL | INST | GRPH | SFT LOCK | BREAK | RVS | CR | L SCRIPT | RVS CANCEL |
| 1x | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F6 | F7 | F8 | F9 | F10 | 00 | TAB | ▒ | |||
| 2x | SP | ! | " | # | $ | % | & | ' | ( | ) | * | + | , | - | . | / |
| 3x | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | : | ; | < | = | > | ? |
| 4x | @ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O |
| 5x | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | [ | \ | ] | ^ | ‾ |
| 6x | ` | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o |
| 7x | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z | { | | | } | ~ | ↴ |
| 8x | ║ | ↓ | ↑ | → | ← | ♠ | ♥ | ♦ | ♣ | ╞ | ╡ | ╥ | ╨ | ╬ | ╪ | ╫ |
| 9x | ═ | ¥ | £ | • | ◦ | ┐ | ┘ | ┌ | └ | ┼ | │ | ─ | ┴ | ┬ | ┤ | ├ |
| Ax | █ | ! | " | # | $ | % | & | ' | ( | ) | * | + | , | - | . | / |
| Bx | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | : | ; | < | = | > | ? |
| Cx | @ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O |
| Dx | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | [ | \ | ] | ^ | ‾ |
| Ex | ` | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o |
| Fx | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z | { | | | } | ~ | π |
Control character | ||||||||||||||||
The following tables show the character sets used by Japanese Sharp MZ-700/MZ-800 character sets. Each character is shown with a potentialUnicode equivalent. Space and control characters are represented by the abbreviations for their names.
In both the European and Japanese versions, the code points in the range 0x20 to 0x5F of the interchange character set exactly match the printable characters in the 1963 version ofASCII.
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| 0x | CR | |||||||||||||||
| 1x | DEL | DOWN | UP | RIGHT | LEFT | HOME | CLS | INS | ||||||||
| 2x | SP | ! | " | # | $ | % | & | ' | ( | ) | * | + | , | - | . | / |
| 3x | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | : | ; | < | = | > | ? |
| 4x | @ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O |
| 5x | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | [ | \ | ] | ↑ | ← |
| 6x | 🛸︎ | | | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 😐︎ | 🐍︎ | | | | | ![]() | ![]() |
| 7x | 日 | 月 | 火 | 水 | 木 | 金 | 土 | 生 | 年 | 時 | 分 | 秒 | 円 | ¥ | £ | |
| 8x | ↓ | 。 | 「 | 」 | 、 | ・ | ヲ | ァ | ィ | ゥ | ェ | ォ | ャ | ュ | ョ | ッ |
| 9x | ー | ア | イ | ウ | エ | オ | カ | キ | ク | ケ | コ | サ | シ | ス | セ | ソ |
| Ax | タ | チ | ツ | テ | ト | ナ | ニ | ヌ | ネ | ノ | ハ | ヒ | フ | ヘ | ホ | マ |
| Bx | ミ | ム | メ | モ | ヤ | ユ | ヨ | ラ | リ | ル | レ | ロ | ワ | ン | ゛ | ゜ |
| Cx | → | ▐ | ▄ | ▔ | ▁ | ▏ | 🮐 | ▕ | █ | ◤ | 🮇 | ├ | ◘ | └ | ┐ | ▂ |
| Dx | ┌ | ┴ | ┬ | ┤ | ▎ | ▌ | 🮈 | 🮂 | ▀ | ▃ | 🭿 | ╭ | ╮ | ┘ | ▞ | ▚ |
| Ex | 🭹 | ♠ | 🭲 | 🭸 | 🭷 | 🭶 | 🭺 | 🭱 | 🭴 | ◣ | ╰ | ╯ | 🭼 | ╲ | ╱ | 🭽 |
| Fx | 🭾 | • | 🭻 | ♥ | 🭰 | ◢ | ╳ | ◦ | ♣ | 🭵 | ♦ | ┼ | 🮌 | 🭳 | ◥ | π |
Control character | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| 0x | SP | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O |
| 1x | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | ┼ | └ | ┘ | ├ | ┴ |
| 2x | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | - | = | ; | / | . | , |
| 3x | 🭶 | 🭰 | 🭼 | 🭿 | 🭸 | 🭲 | 🮂 | ▎ | 🭺 | 🭴 | ▄ | ▐ | ▁ | ▕ | ▂ | 🮇 |
| 4x | → | ♠ | ◥ | █ | ♦ | ← | ♣ | • | ◦ | ? | ◘ | ╭ | ╮ | ◣ | ◢ | : |
| 5x | ↑ | < | [ | ♥ | ] | @ | ◤ | > | 🮌 | \ | ▒ | ▚ | ┌ | ┐ | ┤ | ┬ |
| 6x | π | ! | " | # | $ | % | & | ' | ( | ) | + | * | ▞ | ╳ | ╯ | ╰ |
| 7x | ▔ | ▏ | 🭽 | 🭾 | 🭷 | 🭱 | ╱ | ╲ | 🭹 | 🭳 | ▀ | ▌ | 🭻 | 🭵 | ▃ | 🮈 |
| 8x | ↓ | チ | コ | ソ | シ | イ | ハ | キ | ク | ニ | マ | ノ | リ | モ | ミ | ラ |
| 9x | セ | タ | ス | ト | カ | ナ | ヒ | テ | サ | ン | ツ | ロ | ケ | 「 | ァ | ャ |
| Ax | ワ | ヌ | フ | ア | ウ | エ | オ | ヤ | ユ | ヨ | ホ | ヘ | レ | メ | ル | ネ |
| Bx | ム | 」 | ィ | ュ | ヲ | 、 | ゥ | ョ | ゜ | ・ | ェ | ッ | ゛ | 。 | ォ | ー |
| Cx | | [a] | [a] | [a] | [a] | 🅷[a] | 🅲[a] | 🛸︎ | | | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 😐︎ |
| Dx | 日 | 月 | 火 | 水 | 木 | 金 | 土 | 生 | 年 | 時 | 分 | 秒 | 円 | ¥ | £ | 🐍︎ |
| Ex | | | | | | | | | | | | | ![]() | ![]() | | 🮐 |
| Fx | NBSP | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| 0x | SP | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o |
| 1x | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z | ┼ | └ | ┘ | ├ | ┴ |
| 2x | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | - | = | ; | / | . | , |
| 3x | 🭶 | 🭰 | 🭼 | 🭿 | 🭸 | 🭲 | 🮂 | ▎ | 🭺 | 🭴 | ▄ | ▐ | ▁ | ▕ | ▂ | 🮇 |
| 4x | → | ♠ | ◥ | █ | ♦ | ← | ♣ | • | ◦ | ? | ◘ | ╭ | ╮ | ◣ | ◢ | : |
| 5x | ↑ | < | [ | ♥ | ] | @ | ◤ | > | 🮌 | \ | ▒ | ▚ | ┌ | ┐ | ┤ | ┬ |
| 6x | π | ! | " | # | $ | % | & | ' | ( | ) | + | * | ▞ | ╳ | ╯ | ╰ |
| 7x | ▔ | ▏ | 🭽 | 🭾 | 🭷 | 🭱 | | | 🭹 | 🭳 | ▀ | ▌ | 🭻 | 🭵 | ▃ | 🮈 |
| 8x | ↓ | ち | こ | そ | し | い | は | き | く | に | ま | の | り | も | み | ら |
| 9x | せ | た | す | と | か | な | ひ | て | さ | ん | つ | ろ | け | 「 | ぁ | ゃ |
| Ax | わ | ぬ | ふ | あ | う | え | お | や | ゆ | よ | ほ | へ | れ | め | る | ね |
| Bx | む | 」 | ぃ | ゅ | を | 、 | ぅ | ょ | ゜ | ・ | ぇ | っ | ゛ | 。 | ぉ | ー |
| Cx | | [a] | [a] | [a] | [a] | 🅷[a] | 🅲[a] | 🛸︎ | | | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 😐︎ |
| Dx | 日 | 月 | 火 | 水 | 木 | 金 | 土 | 生 | 年 | 時 | 分 | 秒 | 円 | ¥ | £ | 🐍︎ |
| Ex | | | | | | | | | | | | | ![]() | ![]() | | 🮐 |
| Fx | NBSP | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
The MZ-80 series' Japanese interchange character set is extremely similar to the MZ-700/MZ-800 Japanese interchange character set, differing only at 0x80 and 0xC0.[20][23][24]
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| 0x | CR | |||||||||||||||
| 1x | DEL | DOWN | UP | RIGHT | LEFT | HOME | CLS | INS | ||||||||
| 2x | SP | ! | " | # | $ | % | & | ' | ( | ) | * | + | , | - | . | / |
| 3x | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | : | ; | < | = | > | ? |
| 4x | @ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O |
| 5x | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | [ | \ | ] | ↑ | ← |
| 6x | 🛸︎ | | | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 😐︎ | 🐍︎ | | | | | ![]() | ![]() |
| 7x | 日 | 月 | 火 | 水 | 木 | 金 | 土 | 生 | 年 | 時 | 分 | 秒 | 円 | ¥ | £ | |
| 8x | NBSP | 。 | 「 | 」 | 、 | ・ | ヲ | ァ | ィ | ゥ | ェ | ォ | ャ | ュ | ョ | ッ |
| 9x | ー | ア | イ | ウ | エ | オ | カ | キ | ク | ケ | コ | サ | シ | ス | セ | ソ |
| Ax | タ | チ | ツ | テ | ト | ナ | ニ | ヌ | ネ | ノ | ハ | ヒ | フ | ヘ | ホ | マ |
| Bx | ミ | ム | メ | モ | ヤ | ユ | ヨ | ラ | リ | ル | レ | ロ | ワ | ン | ゛ | ゜ |
| Cx | NBSP | ▐ | ▄ | ▔ | ▁ | ▏ | 🮐 | ▕ | █ | ◤ | 🮇 | ├ | ◘ | └ | ┐ | ▂ |
| Dx | ┌ | ┴ | ┬ | ┤ | ▎ | ▌ | 🮈 | 🮂 | ▀ | ▃ | 🭿 | ╭ | ╮ | ┘ | ▞ | ▚ |
| Ex | 🭹 | ♠ | 🭲 | 🭸 | 🭷 | 🭶 | 🭺 | 🭱 | 🭴 | ◣ | ╰ | ╯ | 🭼 | ╲ | ╱ | 🭽 |
| Fx | 🭾 | • | 🭻 | ♥ | 🭰 | ◢ | ╳ | ◦ | ♣ | 🭵 | ♦ | ┼ | 🮌 | 🭳 | ◥ | π |
Control character Differs from MZ-700/MZ-800 character set | ||||||||||||||||
The MZ-80 series' Japanese display character set is extremely similar to the MZ-700/MZ-800 Japanese primary display character set, differing only at 0x40 and 0x80.[21][25]
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| 0x | SP | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O |
| 1x | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | ┼ | └ | ┘ | ├ | ┴ |
| 2x | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | - | = | ; | / | . | , |
| 3x | 🭶 | 🭰 | 🭼 | 🭿 | 🭸 | 🭲 | 🮂 | ▎ | 🭺 | 🭴 | ▄ | ▐ | ▁ | ▕ | ▂ | 🮇 |
| 4x | NBSP | ♠ | ◥ | █ | ♦ | ← | ♣ | • | ◦ | ? | ◘ | ╭ | ╮ | ◣ | ◢ | : |
| 5x | ↑ | < | [ | ♥ | ] | @ | ◤ | > | 🮌 | \ | ▒ | ▚ | ┌ | ┐ | ┤ | ┬ |
| 6x | π | ! | " | # | $ | % | & | ' | ( | ) | + | * | ▞ | ╳ | ╯ | ╰ |
| 7x | ▔ | ▏ | 🭽 | 🭾 | 🭷 | 🭱 | ╱ | ╲ | 🭹 | 🭳 | ▀ | ▌ | 🭻 | 🭵 | ▃ | 🮈 |
| 8x | NBSP | チ | コ | ソ | シ | イ | ハ | キ | ク | ニ | マ | ノ | リ | モ | ミ | ラ |
| 9x | セ | タ | ス | ト | カ | ナ | ヒ | テ | サ | ン | ツ | ロ | ケ | 「 | ァ | ャ |
| Ax | ワ | ヌ | フ | ア | ウ | エ | オ | ヤ | ユ | ヨ | ホ | ヘ | レ | メ | ル | ネ |
| Bx | ム | 」 | ィ | ュ | ヲ | 、 | ゥ | ョ | ゜ | ・ | ェ | ッ | ゛ | 。 | ォ | ー |
| Cx | | [a] | [a] | [a] | [a] | 🅷[a] | 🅲[a] | 🛸︎ | | | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 😐︎ |
| Dx | 日 | 月 | 火 | 水 | 木 | 金 | 土 | 生 | 年 | 時 | 分 | 秒 | 円 | ¥ | £ | 🐍︎ |
| Ex | | | | | | | | | | | | | ![]() | ![]() | | 🮐 |
| Fx | NBSP | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Differs from MZ-700/MZ-800 character set | ||||||||||||||||
The Sharp MZ-700 actually had 512 characters, with the alternate set made accessible on a character-by-character basis by setting a bit in the attribute RAM where the background and foreground color were also stored. In the Japanese version, the primary set contained katakana where the alternate set contained hiragana. In the European version, Japanese characters in the primary set were replaced with additional block elements and box drawing characters, whereas the entire alternate set was replaced with a rather large assortment of video game sprites. The alternate character set was not accessible from BASIC.