Write special characters to mysql table?

Question

MySQL

Writing special characters of the Latin alphabet to the mysql table using the insert method, for example, as the characters of the Latvian alphabet ē ŗ ū ī ā š ģ ķ ļ ž č ņ.
Who faced how to overcome?

Answer 1

set the cell encoding to utf8 and write any characters there

Answer 2

Put the encoding in which there are these special characters?