UnicodeEncodeError while I try to fetch a Chinese String from Tkinter.Entry, in Python - unicode

Question

An UnicodeEncodeError occurred while I tried to fetch a Chinese string from an Entry, an widget from 'tkinter' module. The operation system on which I am working is Windows 7 and the version of Python is Python3.4. The widget works well on English characters. Here is my program.
from tkinter import *
class LabelEntry(Frame):
def __init__(self, parent, title, **config):
Frame.__init__(self, parent, **config)
self.title = title
self.user_input = StringVar(parent)
self.pack()
self.makeWidgets()
def makeWidgets(self):
Label(self, text=self.title).pack(side=LEFT)
ent = Entry(self, textvariable=self.user_input)
ent.pack(side=RIGHT)
ent.bind('<Return>', self.onReturnKey)
def onReturnKey(self, event):
print(self.user_input.get())
if __name__ == '__main__':
tkroot = Tk()
widget = LabelEntry(tkroot, 'corp_title')
widget.mainloop()
Since I do not know how to solve to problem, I try to modify the program. This time, I do not use StringVar to save the string in the Entry, instead, I use Entry.get() to get the value directly. However, same exception occurs after I input a Chinese string. Here is the new program.
from tkinter import *
class LabelEntry(Frame):
def __init__(self, parent, title, **config):
Frame.__init__(self, parent, **config)
self.title = title
self.pack()
self.makeWidgets()
def makeWidgets(self):
Label(self, text=self.title).pack(side=LEFT)
self.ent = Entry(self)
self.ent.pack(side=RIGHT)
self.ent.bind('<Return>', self.onReturnKey)
def onReturnKey(self, event):
print(self.ent.get())
if __name__ == '__main__':
tkroot = Tk()
widget = LabelEntry(tkroot, 'corp_title')
widget.mainloop()
Please help me, thank you!

Answer 1

Your console may not support, or be correctly configured to support, Chinese characters. Change:
print(self.user_input.get())
to:
print(ascii(self.user_input.get()))
You should see the correct Unicode codepoints displayed.
If you are on Windows, changing Control Panel's Region and Language, Administrative, Current language for non-Unicode programs to a Chinese locale will allow Chinese characters to print in the Windows console.
Better yet, display the text in a widget instead of printing to the console.