DESCRIBE FIELD t001 LENGTH anz_fe in which mode ??

Hi all,
I am in Unicode Project. For the statement mentioned below, i have to use IN Character mode or IN BYTE mode ??
DESCRIBE FIELD t001 LENGTH anz_fe
Thanks in Advance.
Sriram

data: l_type type c,
l_number type i.
describe field t001 type L_TYPE components L_NUMBER.
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