SHOW VARIABLES LIKE '%char%'

+--------------------------------------+----------------------------+
| Variable_name                        | Value                      |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------+
| character_set_client                 | utf8                       |
| character_set_connection             | utf8                       |
| character_set_database               | latin1                     |
| character_set_filesystem             | binary                     |
| character_set_results                | utf8                       |
| character_set_server                 | latin1                     |
| character_set_system                 | utf8                       |
| character_sets_dir                   | /usr/share/mysql/charsets/ |
| validate_password_special_char_count | 1                          |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------+