MariaDB [testdb]> SELECT TABLE_SCHEMA, TABLE_NAME, TABLE_COLLATION FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'test'; +--------------+------------+--------------------+ | TABLE_SCHEMA | TABLE_NAME | TABLE_COLLATION | +--------------+------------+--------------------+ | testdb | test | utf8mb4_general_ci | +--------------+------------+--------------------+ 1 row in set (0,001 sec)