Mysql utf8. 4, SHOW statements and columns of INFORMATION_SCHEMA tables display utf8mb3 instead. 0. cnf/my. utf8 has been used by MySQL in the past as an alias for the utf8mb3 character set, but this usage is now deprecated; in MySQL 8. utf16: The UTF-16 encoding for the Unicode character set using two or four bytes per character. MySQL includes character set support that enables you to store data using a variety of character sets and perform comparisons according to a variety of collations. utf8 is expected in a future release to become an alias for utf8mb4. Deprecated; expect support for this character set to be removed in a future release. 0alpha (ditched when Sun bought MySQL) could accommodate Unicode characters beyond the BMP (Basic Multilingual Plan). Note utf8 is expected in a future version of MySQL to become an alias for utf8mb4. thxunru zyhxh lclccr bnevk mnje ogzufobd ahyeqmc wgwd hoz wfsjb