Try chcp 65001 SQLite shell uses utf-8 internally, but converts between it and active code page of the console when using console functions. chcp 65001 sets active code page of the current console window to utf-8. ``` c:\TEMP>chcp 65001 Active code page: 65001 c:\TEMP>sqlite3.exe 你好世界.db SQLite version 3.35.0 2021-02-26 15:20:17 Enter ".help" for usage hints. sqlite> select * from sqlite_master; table|xx|xx|2|CREATE TABLE xx (i integer primary key, x text) sqlite> ```