Oracle 5.0 Reference Manual page 2915

MySQL 5.0 FAQ: MySQL Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Character Sets
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.13 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO big5 VALUES (0xf9dc);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> SELECT * FROM big5;
+------+
| big5 |
+------+
| 嫺
|
+------+
1 row in set (0.02 sec)
A feature request for adding
find the suggested patch for Bug #13577 to be of interest.
B.11.4: Why do Japanese character set conversions fail?
MySQL supports the sjis, ujis, cp932, and
common need is to convert between character sets. For example, there might be a Unix server
(typically with or ujis) and a Windows client (typically with cp932).
sjis
In the following conversion table, the
and columns represent the destinations—that is, the last 4 columns provide the hexadecimal
eucjpms
result when we use
CONVERT(ucs2)
sjis, cp932, ujis, or
Character Name
BROKEN BAR
FULLWIDTH BROKEN BAR
YEN SIGN
FULLWIDTH YEN SIGN
TILDE
OVERLINE
HORIZONTAL BAR
EM DASH
REVERSE SOLIDUS
FULLWIDTH ""
WAVE DASH
FULLWIDTH TILDE
DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE
PARALLEL TO
MINUS SIGN
FULLWIDTH HYPHEN-MINUS
CENT SIGN
FULLWIDTH CENT SIGN
POUND SIGN
FULLWIDTH POUND SIGN
NOT SIGN
FULLWIDTH NOT SIGN
Now consider the following portion of the table.
extensions has been filed. People who need this extension may
HKSCS
column represents the source, and the sjis, cp932, ujis,
ucs2
[948] or we assign a
column.
eucjpms
ucs2
00A6
FFE4
00A5
FFE5
007E
203E
2015
2014
005C
FF3C
301C
FF5E
2016
2225
2212
FF0D
00A2
FFE0
00A3
FFE1
00AC
FFE2
2895
character sets, as well as Unicode. A
eucjpms
column containing the value to an
ucs2
sjis cp932
3F 3F
3F FA55
3F 3F
818F 818F
7E 7E
3F 3F
815C 815C
3F 3F
815F 5C
3F 815F
8160 3F
3F 8160
8161 3F
3F 8161
817C 3F
3F 817C
8191 3F
3F 8191
8192 3F
3F 8192
81CA 3F
3F 81CA
ujis eucjpms
8FA2C3 3F
3F 8FA2
20 3F
A1EF 3F
7E 7E
20 3F
A1BD A1BD
3F 3F
5C 5C
3F A1C0
A1C1 3F
3F A1C1
A1C2 3F
3F A1C2
A1DD 3F
3F A1DD
A1F1 3F
3F A1F1
A1F2 3F
3F A1F2
A2CC 3F
3F A2CC