character_set_system : COLLATION Character Set « Table « MySQL Tutorial

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SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'character_set_system';        
+----------------------+-------+
| Variable_name        | Value |
+----------------------+-------+
| character_set_system | utf8  |
+----------------------+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

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