Fuzzy query using Levenshtein distance in Simple_query_string doesn't work on Chinese/Japanese words

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I have been using simple_query_string and it works well with english words/chars:

{
    "simple_query_string": {
        "default_operator": "OR",
        "analyze_wildcard": true,
        "fields": [
            "d.c.a.v.av"
        ],
        "query": "guthrie~2 public~2 schools~2"
    }
}

But with Chinese chars, it doesn't return any matching records:

{
    "simple_query_string": {
        "default_operator": "OR",
        "analyze_wildcard": true,
        "fields": [
            "d.c.a.v.av"
        ],
        "query": " 呼和浩特市~2"
    }
}

As per my understanding edit distance may not work with Logographic character system, which could be probable reason.

I would like to understand if this argument is correct and Edit distance based fuzzy query won't work for Chinese/Japanese words.

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