The best replacement for utf 8 is utf 16.

The best alternatives to utf 8 are rated as following:
★★★★★  utf 16
★★★  unicode
★★★  ascii
★★  iso 8859 1
★  iso 8859
★  ansi
★  iso-8859-1
★  windows 1252
★  base64 encoding
  utf 8
  utf 7
  utf 32
  utf-8
  latin 1
  us ascii
  iso8859
  1252
  iso8859 1

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