# Kanji Support in Elastic Search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kanji-support-in-elastic-search/10497>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 24, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kanji-support-in-elastic-search/10497 "2013-01-24T17:44:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Amarjit\_Sharma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@Amarjit\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amarjit_Sharma)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kanji-support-in-elastic-search/10497/1 "2013-01-24T17:44:31Z")

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Hi ElasticSearch Team,

Does Elastic search support kanji? The language analyzers doesn't  
mention kanji as the supported language?

Thanks in advance.

regards  
Amar

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**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kanji-support-in-elastic-search/10497/2 "2013-01-24T18:01:53Z")

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You can use the Kuromoji plugin

> **[GitHub - elastic/elasticsearch-analysis-kuromoji: Japanese (kuromoji)...](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-analysis-kuromoji)**
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> Japanese (kuromoji) Analysis Plugin. Contribute to elastic/elasticsearch-analysis-kuromoji development by creating an account on GitHub.

For more info about Kuromoji, see [http://www.atilika.org/](http://www.atilika.org/)

Best regards,

Jörg

On Thursday, January 24, 2013 6:44:31 PM UTC+1, Amarjit Sharma wrote:

> Hi Elasticsearch Team,
> 
> Does Elastic search support kanji? The language analyzers doesn't  
> mention kanji as the supported language?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> regards  
> Amar

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**Author:** ![Amarjit\_Sharma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@Amarjit\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amarjit_Sharma)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kanji-support-in-elastic-search/10497/3 "2013-01-24T18:59:54Z")

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Thanks for the quick response. Will give this a try.

regards  
Amar

On Thursday, January 24, 2013 10:01:53 AM UTC-8, Jörg Prante wrote:

> You can use the Kuromoji plugin
> 
> [GitHub - elastic/elasticsearch-analysis-kuromoji: Japanese (kuromoji) Analysis Plugin](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-analysis-kuromoji)
> 
> For more info about Kuromoji, see [http://www.atilika.org/](http://www.atilika.org/)
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Jörg
> 
> On Thursday, January 24, 2013 6:44:31 PM UTC+1, Amarjit Sharma wrote:
> 
> > Hi Elasticsearch Team,
> > 
> > Does Elastic search support kanji? The language analyzers doesn't  
> > mention kanji as the supported language?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance.
> > 
> > regards  
> > Amar

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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 6, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kanji-support-in-elastic-search/10497/4 "2017-07-06T02:54:41Z")

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