3 ms·Does anyone know if utf8mb4 is variable length or does each character take full 4 bytes?by pkrumins 5y agoDoes anyone know if utf8mb4 is variable length or does each character take full 4 bytes?butlerm 5y agoIt is variable length, by definition. If it were four bytes per code point it would be named something more like UCS-4 or UTF-32.pkrumins 5y agoThanks!