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PolarDB:Character set tables

Last Updated:Mar 28, 2026

This topic describes character set tables that are supported by PolarDB.

Character sets supported by PolarDB for MySQL

Character set	Character set
`armscii8`	`geostd8`
`ascii`	`greek`
`big5`	`hebrew`
`binary`	`hp8`
`cp1250`	`keybcs2`
`cp1251`	`koi8r`
`cp1256`	`koi8u`
`cp1257`	`latin2`
`cp850`	`latin5`
`cp852`	`latin7`
`cp866`	`macce`
`cp932`	`macroman`
`dec8`	`sjis`
`euckr`	`swe7`
`eucjpms`	`tis620`
`gb2312`	`ucs2`
`gbk`	`ujis`
`latin1`	`utf16`
`utf8`	`utf16le`
`utf8mb4`	`utf32`

Character sets supported by PolarDB for PostgreSQL

Character set	Character set	Character set
`sql_ascii`	`iso_8859_6`	`win866`
`euc_jp`	`iso_8859_7`	`win874`
`euc_cn`	`iso_8859_8`	`win1250`
`euc_kr`	`latin1`	`win1251`
`euc_tw`	`latin2`	`win1252`
`euc_jis_2004`	`latin3`	`win1253`
`utf8`	`latin4`	`win1254`
`mule_internal`	`latin5`	`win1255`
`gbk`	`latin6`	`win1256`
`gb18030`	`latin7`	`win1257`
`koi8r`	`latin8`	`win1258`
`koi8u`	`latin9`
`iso_8859_5`	`latin10`