# Searching for case insensitive fuzzy query in kanji, katakana and latin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-for-case-insensitive-fuzzy-query-in-kanji-katakana-and-latin/261249>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Created:** [January 15, 2021, 10:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-for-case-insensitive-fuzzy-query-in-kanji-katakana-and-latin/261249 "2021-01-15T10:09:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![markuso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@markuso](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/markuso)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 10:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-for-case-insensitive-fuzzy-query-in-kanji-katakana-and-latin/261249/1 "2021-01-15T10:09:26Z")

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So I have a field - it is a firstName - as such it is mapped as a keyword.  
This name can be in kanji, katakana or just latin characters.

So to give an example:  
my name is "Markus" - mapped as a keyword

I want to find that when searching for:

MARKUS  
markus  
Marcus  
marcus  
MARCUS

So I could do this by making a match query with standard analyzer, fuzziness auto - but when I did that - Kanji searches stopped working. Even when it is the exact Kanji - it didn't find it.

But I can get Kanji to work - by using a fuzzy query - but then it will be case sensitive - so then I can't find MARKUS/markus on the same search.

I am thinking there must be some way of solving this - but I don't know how.

I am using the JAVA Api by the way.

Best regards,  
Markus

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**Author:** ![Byron\_H](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/byron_h/32/82245_2.png) [@Byron\_H](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Byron_H)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-for-case-insensitive-fuzzy-query-in-kanji-katakana-and-latin/261249/2 "2021-01-15T17:25:55Z")

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Hi @markuso,

Can you let me know which API (App Search / Enterprise Search) you're running into this issue with, and what version of Enterprise Search you're using?

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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:** [November 4, 2022, 8:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-for-case-insensitive-fuzzy-query-in-kanji-katakana-and-latin/261249/3 "2022-11-04T08:21:45Z")

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