# Arabic Characters not recognised

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/arabic-characters-not-recognised/135273>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 10, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/arabic-characters-not-recognised/135273 "2018-06-10T19:47:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![amralieg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/amralieg/32/49943_2.png) [@amralieg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amralieg)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/arabic-characters-not-recognised/135273/1 "2018-06-10T19:47:49Z")

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Hi,  
Did anyone face this issue before, I pushed an Arabic document to elasticsearch and when I get it back all the chars inside it are coming in a wired format, not even Unicode escaped. see below. does anyone know what the issue is?

{  
"script":  
{  
"phrases":  
[  
{  
"phrase": "'(H 'DE:J+ B/3 'DDG 1H-G (4J! H'DB/3 'DDG '-E/ E1_6I",  
"alternativePhrases": [  
"'(H 'DE:J+ B/3 'DDG 1H-G (4J! H'DB/3 'DDG '-E/ E._'1",  
"'(H 'DE:J+ B/3 'DDG 1H-G (4J! H'DB/3 'DDG '-F' AJ 7'('",  
"'(H 'DE:J+ B/3 'DDG 1H-G (4J! 'DB/3J 'DDG '-E/ E._'1",  
"'(H 'DE:J+ B/3 'DDG 1H-G (4J! 'DB/3 'DDG '-E/ E1_6I"  
]  
},  
{  
"phrase": " E' 5-G 'D/9'! D'-/",  
"alternativePhrases": [  
" E' 5-G 'D/9'! 9DI '-/",  
" E3-\* 'D/9'! D'-/",  
" E' 5-G 'D/9'! D' '-/",  
" E' 5-G 'D/9'! H'D'-/"  
]  
}  
]  
}  
}

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/arabic-characters-not-recognised/135273/2 "2018-07-08T19:47:50Z")

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