sql: Clarify default character-set is utf8 (#609)

* Clarified default characterset. * latin1 keyword as code
pingcap · Sep 10, 2018 · d2229f3 · d2229f3
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 # Character Set Configuration
 
-Currently, TiDB does not support configuring the character set. The default character set is `utf8mb4`.
+Currently, TiDB only supports the `utf8` character set, which is the equivalent to `utf8mb4` in MySQL. Since MySQL 5.7 defaults to `latin1`, this difference is documented under [default differences](mysql-compatibility.md#default-differences) between TiDB and MySQL.
 
-For more information, see [Character Set Configuration in MySQL](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/charset-configuration.html).
+For more information, see [Character Set Configuration in MySQL](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/charset-configuration.html).