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      12.10.7 Asian Character Sets
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       12.10.7.1 The cp932 Character Set
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       12.10.7.2 The gb18030 Character Set
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  <p>
   The Asian character sets that we support include Chinese,
        Japanese, Korean, and Thai. These can be complicated. For
        example, the Chinese sets must allow for thousands of different
        characters. See
   <a class="xref" href="charset-cp932.html" title="12.10.7.1 The cp932 Character Set">
    Section 12.10.7.1, “The cp932 Character Set”
   </a>
   , for additional
        information about the
   <code class="literal">
    cp932
   </code>
   and
   <code class="literal">
    sjis
   </code>
   character sets. See
   <a class="xref" href="charset-gb18030.html" title="12.10.7.2 The gb18030 Character Set">
    Section 12.10.7.2, “The gb18030 Character Set”
   </a>
   , for additional information
        about character set support for the Chinese National Standard GB
        18030.
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  <p>
   For answers to some common questions and problems relating
        support for Asian character sets in MySQL, see
   <a class="xref" href="faqs-cjk.html" title="A.11 MySQL 8.4 FAQ: MySQL Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Character Sets">
    Section A.11, “MySQL 8.4 FAQ: MySQL Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
      Character Sets”
   </a>
   .
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     <p>
      <code class="literal">
       big5
      </code>
      (Big5 Traditional Chinese)
            collations:
     </p>
     <div class="itemizedlist">
      <ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle; ">
       <li class="listitem">
        <p>
         <code class="literal">
          big5_bin
         </code>
        </p>
       </li>
       <li class="listitem">
        <p>
         <code class="literal">
          big5_chinese_ci
         </code>
         (default)
        </p>
       </li>
      </ul>
     </div>
    </li>
    <li class="listitem">
     <p>
      <a class="link" href="charset-cp932.html" title="12.10.7.1 The cp932 Character Set">
       <code class="literal">
        cp932
       </code>
      </a>
      (SJIS for Windows Japanese) collations:
     </p>
     <div class="itemizedlist">
      <ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle; ">
       <li class="listitem">
        <p>
         <code class="literal">
          cp932_bin
         </code>
        </p>
       </li>
       <li class="listitem">
        <p>
         <code class="literal">
          cp932_japanese_ci
         </code>
         (default)
        </p>
       </li>
      </ul>
     </div>
    </li>
    <li class="listitem">
     <p>
      <code class="literal">
       eucjpms
      </code>
      (UJIS for Windows Japanese)
            collations:
     </p>
     <div class="itemizedlist">
      <ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle; ">
       <li class="listitem">
        <p>
         <code class="literal">
          eucjpms_bin
         </code>
        </p>
       </li>
       <li class="listitem">
        <p>
         <code class="literal">
          eucjpms_japanese_ci
         </code>
         (default)
        </p>
       </li>
      </ul>
     </div>
    </li>
    <li class="listitem">
     <p>
      <code class="literal">
       euckr
      </code>
      (EUC-KR Korean) collations:
     </p>
     <div class="itemizedlist">
      <ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle; ">
       <li class="listitem">
        <p>
         <code class="literal">
          euckr_bin
         </code>
        </p>
       </li>
       <li class="listitem">
        <p>
         <code class="literal">
          euckr_korean_ci
         </code>
         (default)
        </p>
       </li>
      </ul>
     </div>
    </li>
    <li class="listitem">
     <p>
      <code class="literal">
       gb2312
      </code>
      (GB2312 Simplified Chinese)
            collations:
     </p>
     <div class="itemizedlist">
      <ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle; ">
       <li class="listitem">
        <p>
         <code class="literal">
          gb2312_bin
         </code>
        </p>
       </li>
       <li class="listitem">
        <p>
         <code class="literal">
          gb2312_chinese_ci
         </code>
         (default)
        </p>
       </li>
      </ul>
     </div>
    </li>
    <li class="listitem">
     <p>
      <code class="literal">
       gbk
      </code>
      (GBK Simplified Chinese) collations:
     </p>
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      <ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle; ">
       <li class="listitem">
        <p>
         <code class="literal">
          gbk_bin
         </code>
        </p>
       </li>
       <li class="listitem">
        <p>
         <code class="literal">
          gbk_chinese_ci
         </code>
         (default)
        </p>
       </li>
      </ul>
     </div>
    </li>
    <li class="listitem">
     <p>
      <a class="link" href="charset-gb18030.html" title="12.10.7.2 The gb18030 Character Set">
       <code class="literal">
        gb18030
       </code>
      </a>
      (China National Standard GB18030) collations:
     </p>
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      <ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle; ">
       <li class="listitem">
        <p>
         <code class="literal">
          gb18030_bin
         </code>
        </p>
       </li>
       <li class="listitem">
        <p>
         <code class="literal">
          gb18030_chinese_ci
         </code>
         (default)
        </p>
       </li>
       <li class="listitem">
        <p>
         <code class="literal">
          gb18030_unicode_520_ci
         </code>
        </p>
       </li>
      </ul>
     </div>
    </li>
    <li class="listitem">
     <p>
      <code class="literal">
       sjis
      </code>
      (Shift-JIS Japanese) collations:
     </p>
     <div class="itemizedlist">
      <ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle; ">
       <li class="listitem">
        <p>
         <code class="literal">
          sjis_bin
         </code>
        </p>
       </li>
       <li class="listitem">
        <p>
         <code class="literal">
          sjis_japanese_ci
         </code>
         (default)
        </p>
       </li>
      </ul>
     </div>
    </li>
    <li class="listitem">
     <p>
      <code class="literal">
       tis620
      </code>
      (TIS620 Thai) collations:
     </p>
     <div class="itemizedlist">
      <ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle; ">
       <li class="listitem">
        <p>
         <code class="literal">
          tis620_bin
         </code>
        </p>
       </li>
       <li class="listitem">
        <p>
         <code class="literal">
          tis620_thai_ci
         </code>
         (default)
        </p>
       </li>
      </ul>
     </div>
    </li>
    <li class="listitem">
     <p>
      <code class="literal">
       ujis
      </code>
      (EUC-JP Japanese) collations:
     </p>
     <div class="itemizedlist">
      <ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle; ">
       <li class="listitem">
        <p>
         <code class="literal">
          ujis_bin
         </code>
        </p>
       </li>
       <li class="listitem">
        <p>
         <code class="literal">
          ujis_japanese_ci
         </code>
         (default)
        </p>
       </li>
      </ul>
     </div>
    </li>
   </ul>
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  <p>
   The
   <code class="literal">
    big5_chinese_ci
   </code>
   collation sorts on number
        of strokes.
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