查看不同的MySQL字符集有不同的方法，下面介绍的命令用于查看当前支持的MySQL字符集，希望对您学习MySQL字符集能有所帮助。
mysql> show char set;
+----------+---------------------------------+---------------------+--------+
| Charset | Description | Default collation | Maxlen |
+----------+---------------------------------+---------------------+--------+
| big5 | Big5 Traditional Chinese | big5_chinese_ci | |
| dec8 | DEC West European | dec8_swedish_ci | |
| cp850 | DOS West European | cp850_general_ci | |
| hp8 | HP West European | hp8_english_ci | |
| koi8r | KOI8-R Relcom Russian | koi8r_general_ci | |
| latin1 | cp1252 West European | latin1_swedish_ci | |
| latin2 | ISO - Central European | latin2_general_ci | |
| swe7 | 7bit Swedish | swe7_swedish_ci | |
| ascii | US ASCII | ascii_general_ci | |
| ujis | EUC-JP Japanese | ujis_japanese_ci | |
| sjis | Shift-JIS Japanese | sjis_japanese_ci | |
| hebrew | ISO - Hebrew | hebrew_general_ci | |
| tis620 | TIS620 Thai | tis620_thai_ci | |
| euckr | EUC-KR Korean | euckr_korean_ci | |
| koi8u | KOI8-U Ukrainian | koi8u_general_ci | |
| gb2312 | GB2312 Simplified Chinese | gb2312_chinese_ci | |
| greek | ISO - Greek | greek_general_ci | |
| cp1250 | Windows Central European | cp1250_general_ci | |
| gbk | GBK Simplified Chinese | gbk_chinese_ci | |
| latin5 | ISO - Turkish | latin5_turkish_ci | |
| armscii8 | ARMSCII- Armenian | armscii8_general_ci | |
| utf8 | UTF- Unicode | utf8_general_ci | |
| ucs2 | UCS- Unicode | ucs2_general_ci | |
| cp866 | DOS Russian | cp866_general_ci | |
| keybcs2 | DOS Kamenicky Czech-Slovak | keybcs2_general_ci | |
| macce | Mac Central European | macce_general_ci | |
| macroman | Mac West European | macroman_general_ci | |
| cp852 | DOS Central European | cp852_general_ci | |
| latin7 | ISO - Baltic | latin7_general_ci | |
| utf8mb4 | UTF- Unicode | utf8mb4_general_ci | |
| cp1251 | Windows Cyrillic | cp1251_general_ci | |
| utf16 | UTF- Unicode | utf16_general_ci | |
| utf16le | UTF-16LE Unicode | utf16le_general_ci | |
| cp1256 | Windows Arabic | cp1256_general_ci | |
| cp1257 | Windows Baltic | cp1257_general_ci | |
| utf32 | UTF- Unicode | utf32_general_ci | |
| binary | Binary pseudo charset | binary | |
| geostd8 | GEOSTD8 Georgian | geostd8_general_ci | |
| cp932 | SJIS for Windows Japanese | cp932_japanese_ci | |
| eucjpms | UJIS for Windows Japanese | eucjpms_japanese_ci | |
| gb18030 | China National Standard GB18030 | gb18030_chinese_ci | |
+----------+---------------------------------+---------------------+--------+
rows in set (0.00 sec)
查看mysql的编码：
mysql> status
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mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.13, for osx10.11 (x86_64) using EditLine wrapper Connection id: 13332
Current database:
Current user: root@localhost
SSL: Not in use
Current pager: stdout
Using outfile: ''
Using delimiter: ;
Server version: 5.7.13 Homebrew
Protocol version: 10
Connection: Localhost via UNIX socket
Server characterset: utf8
Db characterset: utf8
Client characterset: utf8
Conn. characterset: utf8
UNIX socket: /tmp/mysql.sock
Uptime: 23 hours 11 min 16 sec Threads: 4 Questions: 274795 Slow queries: 0 Opens: 330 Flush tables: 1 Open tables: 143 Queries per second avg: 3.291
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修改mysql编码为utf8mb4:
查找mysql配置文件：
huijundeMacBook-Pro:etc huijunzhang$ which mysql
/usr/local/bin/mysql
huijundeMacBook-Pro:bin huijunzhang$ cd /usr/local/bin
huijundeMacBook-Pro:bin huijunzhang$ vim mysql
mysql mysql_embedded mysql_upgrade mysqld_safe mysqlslap
mysql.server mysql_install_db mysqladmin mysqldump mysqltest
mysql_client_test mysql_plugin mysqlbinlog mysqldumpslow mysqltest_embedded
mysql_client_test_embedded mysql_secure_installation mysqlcheck mysqlimport mysqlxtest
mysql_config mysql_ssl_rsa_setup mysqld mysqlpump
mysql_config_editor mysql_tzinfo_to_sql mysqld_multi mysqlshow
huijundeMacBook-Pro:bin huijunzhang$ vim mysql_config
在mysql_config文件中找到了以下内容：
ldata='/usr/local/var/mysql'
execdir='/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.7.13/bin'
bindir='/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.7.13/bin'
尝试打开/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.7.13/bin
huijundeMacBook-Pro:bin huijunzhang$ cd /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.7.13
huijundeMacBook-Pro:5.7.13 huijunzhang$ ls
COPYING README homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist lib scripts support-files
INSTALL_RECEIPT.json bin include mysql-test share
huijundeMacBook-Pro:5.7.13 huijunzhang$ cd support-files/
huijundeMacBook-Pro:support-files huijunzhang$ ls
magic my-default.cnf mysql-log-rotate mysql.server mysqld_multi.server
huijundeMacBook-Pro:support-files huijunzhang$ cp my-default.cnf /etc/my.cnf
huijundeMacBook-Pro:support-files huijunzhang$ vim /etc/my.cnf
/etc/my.cnf添加以下内容：
[client]
default-character-set = utf8mb4
[mysqld]
character-set-client-handshake=FALSE
character-set-server=utf8mb4
collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
init_connect='SET NAMES utf8mb4'
[mysql]
default-character-set = utf8mb4
重启mysql：
huijundeMacBook-Pro:etc huijunzhang$ mysql.server restart
Shutting down MySQL
.... SUCCESS!
Starting MySQL
. SUCCESS!
查看mysql的编码
mysql> status
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mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.13, for osx10.11 (x86_64) using EditLine wrapper Connection id: 26
Current database:
Current user: root@localhost
SSL: Not in use
Current pager: less
Using outfile: ''
Using delimiter: ;
Server version: 5.7.13 Homebrew
Protocol version: 10
Connection: Localhost via UNIX socket
Server characterset: utf8mb4
Db characterset: utf8mb4
Client characterset: utf8mb4
Conn. characterset: utf8mb4
UNIX socket: /tmp/mysql.sock
Uptime: 11 hours 55 min 45 sec Threads: 2 Questions: 72312 Slow queries: 0 Opens: 136 Flush tables: 1 Open tables: 129 Queries per second avg: 1.683
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至此，大功告成