use
SELECT column FROM table WHERE length(column)!=char_length(column)
When the character set is UTF8:
- Use length: The length of a Chinese character is 3
- Use char_length: the length of a Chinese character is 1
So when there are no Chinese characters, using length and char_length have the same result.
When there are Chinese characters, it is better to use char_length to get the character length more accurately.