# Some bugs in query when try utf8 predicates
**URL:** https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/some-bugs-in-query-when-try-utf8-predicates/2691
**Category:** Dgraph
**Created:** [June 5, 2018, 9:59am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/some-bugs-in-query-when-try-utf8-predicates/2691 "2018-06-05T09:59:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@BlankRain](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/BlankRain)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2018, 9:59am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/some-bugs-in-query-when-try-utf8-predicates/2691/1 "2018-06-05T09:59:48Z")
1. prepare data
```auto
{
set{
<_:alice> <身高> "180" .
<_:tom> <喜欢> <_:alice> .
}
}
```
and it returns
```auto
"data": {
"code": "Success",
"message": "Done",
"uids": {
"alice": "0x1f21ed",
"tom": "0x1f21ee"
}
}
```
then ,check the tom’s predicate
```auto
{
tom_predicate(func: uid(0x1f21ee)){
_predicate_
}
}
```
it returns
```auto
"data": {
"tom_predicate": [
{
"_predicate_": [
"喜欢"
]
}
]
},
```
I want to use it in a query.
```auto
{
tom_expand(func: uid(0x1f21ee)){
expand(_all_){
expand(_all_)
}
}
}
```
it returns
```auto
"data": {
"tom_expand": [
{
"喜欢": [
{
"身高": "180"
}
]
}
]
}
```
from now on ,It all works.
The true question is
I can’t write a query like this:
```auto
{
alice_height(func: uid(0x1f21ed)){
身高
}
}
```
it returns an error
```auto
while lexing { alice_height(func: uid(0x1f21ed)){ 身高 } }: Unrecognized character in lexText: U+8EAB '身'
```
---
### Author:  [@MichelDiz](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/MichelDiz)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/some-bugs-in-query-when-try-utf8-predicates/2691/2 "2018-06-05T16:35:52Z")
I can reproduce this. I believe that characteres of Hanzi(?) is no supported. There would be support for various languages and characters in Object string (Edge). I would recommend using predicates in english or even alphabetic fonetic (latin).
> Tested in Ratel
> Result: Could not alter schema: while lexing 身高: int .: Invalid schema. Unexpected 身
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### Author:  [@BlankRain](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/BlankRain)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2018, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/some-bugs-in-query-when-try-utf8-predicates/2691/3 "2018-06-11T09:40:12Z")
Thanks a lot.
I’m looking forward to the support for
> [@MichelDiz](#):
>
> various languages and characters in Object string (Edge).
😃😃😃
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### Author:  [@shanghai-Jerry](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/shanghai-Jerry)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2018, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/some-bugs-in-query-when-try-utf8-predicates/2691/4 "2018-06-13T09:44:44Z")
depend on you now to support Chinese
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### Author:  [@BlankRain](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/BlankRain)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2018, 10:17am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/some-bugs-in-query-when-try-utf8-predicates/2691/5 "2018-06-14T10:17:56Z")
hi ,micheldiz.
I find a way to use chinese in query.
> [@BlankRain](#):
>
> {
> alice\_height(func: uid(0x1f21ed)){
>
> ```
> 身高
>
> ```
>
> }
> }
it errors .
However ,if I write
```auto
{
alice_height(func: uid(0x1f21ed)){
<身高>
}
}
```
It works.
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### Author:  [@BlankRain](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/BlankRain)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2018, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/some-bugs-in-query-when-try-utf8-predicates/2691/6 "2018-06-14T10:19:12Z")
老哥你说啥~ 啊 哈
半天没反应过来…
😂
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### Author:  [@shanghai-Jerry](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/shanghai-Jerry)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2018, 10:31am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/some-bugs-in-query-when-try-utf8-predicates/2691/7 "2018-06-14T10:31:39Z")
ref [Special Characters in values](http://discuss.hypermode.com/t/special-characters-in-values/2685)
If your predicate has special characters, then you should wrap it with angular brackets while asking for it in the query. E.g. \< first:name \>
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### Author:  [@MichelDiz](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/MichelDiz)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2018, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/some-bugs-in-query-when-try-utf8-predicates/2691/8 "2018-06-14T12:49:53Z")
So in that case I was wrong. I never used special characters before. So for me Chinese characters in predicates was not supported.
That’s good news for language like Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Indian, Arabic and so on.