# Chinese character not support in sql with ' like '%chinese characters%' '

**URL:** <https://community.dremio.com/t/chinese-character-not-support-in-sql-with-like-chinese-characters/1828>\
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**Created:** [September 13, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/chinese-character-not-support-in-sql-with-like-chinese-characters/1828 "2018-09-13T03:50:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![anthony](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.dremio.com/anthony/32/670_2.png) [@anthony](https://community.dremio.com/u/anthony)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/chinese-character-not-support-in-sql-with-like-chinese-characters/1828/2 "2018-09-14T13:24:18Z")

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It seems like you are running into a similar issue [mentioned here](https://community.dremio.com/t/how-to-support-utf8-encoding-format/543). If so, this is something not supported today but we are tracking as an enhancement.

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