# Support emoji in CJK context without spaces

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-emoji-in-cjk-context-without-spaces/102717>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [25.Ноябрь.2018 12:54:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-emoji-in-cjk-context-without-spaces/102717 "2018-11-25T12:54:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [25.Ноябрь.2018 21:01:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-emoji-in-cjk-context-without-spaces/102717/2 "2018-11-25T21:01:33Z")

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Also raised a few times before

> [@Suggestion: Spaces before emoji's when chosen from picker](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-spaces-before-emojis-when-chosen-from-picker/71163):
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> Emoji’s current require a space before the colon in order to be recognized: Hello world:smile: (no space before emoji is NOT OK) Hello world!smile (non-word character before emoji is OK) Hello world smile (space before emoji is OK) Hello :smile:world (no space after is OK) It is a little cumbersome to always have to remember to type a space before adding an emoji. The situation is less of a problem in most languages because of punctuation and words being naturally separated…

> [@Automatically add a space before the emoji if the user is typing Chinese and uses emoji picker](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-add-a-space-before-the-emoji-if-the-user-is-typing-chinese-and-uses-emoji-picker/83285):
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> Hi Discourse team: I have been using Discourse for 4 years and love the modern design and quick update. Thank you! Recently I have noticed some issues in my [forum](http://iosre.com), that in China, we seldom use spaces like you do in English, so basically every emoji from emoji picker is screwed like this: 呵呵:thinking: Which is annoying and confuses most Chinese users. Can you think of a way to improve the Chinese user experience? Thank you! Yinglu

And a few others, open to changing this in CJK

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