mysql> show variables like "char%"; +--------------------------+----------------------------+ | Variable_name | Value | +--------------------------+----------------------------+ | character_set_client | ujis | ○ ● | character_set_connection | ujis | ○ ● | character_set_database | utf8 | ▲ | character_set_filesystem | binary | | character_set_results | ujis | ○ ● | character_set_server | utf8 | ■ | character_set_system | utf8 | | character_sets_dir | /usr/share/mysql/charsets/ | +--------------------------+----------------------------+ ○ SET NAMES utf8; ▲ ALTER DATABASE eaos CHARACTER SET utf8; ● [client] default-character-set = utf8 ■ [mysqld] default-character-set = utf8