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Add Cjk width token filter #7917

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layout: default
title: CJK width
parent: Token filters
nav_order: 40
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# CJK width token filter

The `cjk_width` token filter normalizes Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) tokens by converting full-width ASCII characters to their standard (half-width) ASCII equivalents and half-width katakana characters to their full-width equivalents.

### Converting full-width ASCII characters

In CJK texts, ASCII characters (such as letters and numbers) can appear in full-width form, occupying the space of two half-width characters. Full-width ASCII characters are typically used in East Asian typography for alignment with the width of CJK characters. However, for the purposes of indexing and searching, these full-width characters need to be normalized to their standard (half-width) ASCII equivalents.

The following example illustrates ASCII character normalization:
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```
Full-Width: ABCDE 12345
Normalized (half-width): ABCDE 12345
```
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### Converting half-width katakana characters

The `cjk_width` token filter converts half-width katakana characters to their full-width counterparts, which are the standard form used in Japanese text. This normalization, illustrated in the following example, is important for consistency in text processing and searching:


```
Half-Width katakana: カタカナ
Normalized (full-width) katakana: カタカナ
```

## Example

The following example request creates a new index named `cjk_width_example_index` and defines an analyzer with the `cjk_width` filter:

```json
PUT /cjk_width_example_index
{
"settings": {
"analysis": {
"analyzer": {
"cjk_width_analyzer": {
"type": "custom",
"tokenizer": "standard",
"filter": ["cjk_width"]
}
}
}
}
}
```
{% include copy-curl.html %}

## Generated tokens

Use the following request to examine the tokens generated using the analyzer:

```json
POST /cjk_width_example_index/_analyze
{
"analyzer": "cjk_width_analyzer",
"text": "Tokyo 2024 カタカナ"
}
```
{% include copy-curl.html %}

The response contains the generated tokens:

```json
{
"tokens": [
{
"token": "Tokyo",
"start_offset": 0,
"end_offset": 5,
"type": "<ALPHANUM>",
"position": 0
},
{
"token": "2024",
"start_offset": 6,
"end_offset": 10,
"type": "<NUM>",
"position": 1
},
{
"token": "カタカナ",
"start_offset": 11,
"end_offset": 15,
"type": "<KATAKANA>",
"position": 2
}
]
}
```
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[`apostrophe`]({{site.url}}{{site.baseurl}}/analyzers/token-filters/apostrophe/) | [ApostropheFilter](https://lucene.apache.org/core/9_10_0/analysis/common/org/apache/lucene/analysis/tr/ApostropheFilter.html) | In each token containing an apostrophe, the `apostrophe` token filter removes the apostrophe itself and all characters following it.
[`asciifolding`]({{site.url}}{{site.baseurl}}/analyzers/token-filters/asciifolding/) | [ASCIIFoldingFilter](https://lucene.apache.org/core/9_10_0/analysis/common/org/apache/lucene/analysis/miscellaneous/ASCIIFoldingFilter.html) | Converts alphabetic, numeric, and symbolic characters.
`cjk_bigram` | [CJKBigramFilter](https://lucene.apache.org/core/9_10_0/analysis/common/org/apache/lucene/analysis/cjk/CJKBigramFilter.html) | Forms bigrams of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) tokens.
`cjk_width` | [CJKWidthFilter](https://lucene.apache.org/core/9_10_0/analysis/common/org/apache/lucene/analysis/cjk/CJKWidthFilter.html) | Normalizes Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) tokens according to the following rules: <br> - Folds full-width ASCII character variants into the equivalent basic Latin characters. <br> - Folds half-width Katakana character variants into the equivalent Kana characters.
[`cjk_width`]({{site.url}}{{site.baseurl}}/analyzers/token-filters/cjk-width/) | [CJKWidthFilter](https://lucene.apache.org/core/9_10_0/analysis/common/org/apache/lucene/analysis/cjk/CJKWidthFilter.html) | Normalizes Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) tokens according to the following rules: <br> - Folds full-width ASCII character variants into their equivalent basic Latin characters. <br> - Folds half-width katakana character variants into their equivalent kana characters.
`classic` | [ClassicFilter](https://lucene.apache.org/core/9_10_0/analysis/common/org/apache/lucene/analysis/classic/ClassicFilter.html) | Performs optional post-processing on the tokens generated by the classic tokenizer. Removes possessives (`'s`) and removes `.` from acronyms.
`common_grams` | [CommonGramsFilter](https://lucene.apache.org/core/9_10_0/analysis/common/org/apache/lucene/analysis/commongrams/CommonGramsFilter.html) | Generates bigrams for a list of frequently occurring terms. The output contains both single terms and bigrams.
`conditional` | [ConditionalTokenFilter](https://lucene.apache.org/core/9_10_0/analysis/common/org/apache/lucene/analysis/miscellaneous/ConditionalTokenFilter.html) | Applies an ordered list of token filters to tokens that match the conditions provided in a script.
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