DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS test; CREATE DATABASE test; USE test; SET NAMES utf8mb4; create table t1( id int not null auto_increment primary key, f1 varchar(10) ) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4; insert into t1(f1) values('😜'); insert into t1(f1) select f1 from t1; insert into t1(f1) select f1 from t1; insert into t1(f1) select f1 from t1;