Can RHEL display Unicode characters like Japanese Kanji on the console?

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Issue

  • Can Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 display non-English Unicode characters, for languages such as Japanese, Chinese on the console?

  • In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5, this can be achieved using the kon2 and bogl-bterm packages, but they are no longer available in RHEL6/7/8/9.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6/7/8/9

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