set names utf8mb4; create table t1 (a int, b text, fulltext (b)) charset=utf8mb4 collate=utf8mb4_unicode_ci; insert t1 values (1000, 'C͓̙̯͔̩ͅͅi̩̘̜̲a̯̲̬̳̜̖̤o͕͓̜͓̺̖̗,̠̬͚ ̺T͇̲h͈̱e ̬̜D̖o̦̖͔̗͖̩̘c̣̼t̝͉̫̮̗o͉̫̭r̙͎̗.͓̪̥'); select a from t1 where match(b) against ('ciao' in boolean mode); a 1000 drop table t1;