Follow the steps in comment 1, now Chinese chars can be shown correctly in Pod terminal sh-4.2$ cd /var/datatest/ sh-4.2$ ls special.how special.type sh-4.2$ cat special.how verysh-4.2$ cat special.type 信息技术部 Verified on 4.4.0-0.nightly-2020-04-09-194724
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:0581