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In MySQL, never use “utf8”. Use “utf8mb4”.

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* In MySQL, don’t use “utf8”, use “utf8mb4” (2016)

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* How to support full Unicode in MySQL databases · Mathias Bynens

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* https://mysqlserverteam.com/mysql-8-0-when-to-use-utf8mb3-over-utf8mb4/

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* MySQL :: MySQL 9.7 Reference Manual :: 12.9.2 The utf8mb3 Character Set (3-Byte UTF-8 Unicode Encoding)

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* https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/innodb-row-format-antelope.html

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* http://mysqlserverteam.com/sushi-beer-an-introduction-of-utf8-support-in-mysql-8-0/

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