# Some common Chinese characters can't be displayed

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/some-common-chinese-characters-cant-be-displayed/2304>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [June 4, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/some-common-chinese-characters-cant-be-displayed/2304 "2020-06-04T03:20:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![mouseart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/mouseart/32/925_2.png) [@mouseart](https://forum.makecode.com/u/mouseart)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/some-common-chinese-characters-cant-be-displayed/2304/1 "2020-06-04T03:20:15Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/4/4c8f9539a996b40dbf3c4463d3a334e24ce55faf.png)  
Take this example  
草莓  
How can I display it normally?

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**Author:** ![richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/richard/32/5417_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/some-common-chinese-characters-cant-be-displayed/2304/2 "2020-06-05T15:27:15Z")

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@mmoskal?

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**Author:** ![DillonB07](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dillonb07/32/946_2.png) [@DillonB07](https://forum.makecode.com/u/DillonB07)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/some-common-chinese-characters-cant-be-displayed/2304/3 "2020-06-05T15:33:13Z")

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@richard Only one character is displaying. The code says to display two, but it’s not working.

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**Author:** ![HewwoBug](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/hewwobug/32/3995_2.png) [@HewwoBug](https://forum.makecode.com/u/HewwoBug)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/some-common-chinese-characters-cant-be-displayed/2304/4 "2021-06-06T16:57:13Z")

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我觉得 Microsoft MakeCode Arcade 不认识中文的繁体字。

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**Author:** ![DillonB07](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dillonb07/32/946_2.png) [@DillonB07](https://forum.makecode.com/u/DillonB07)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/some-common-chinese-characters-cant-be-displayed/2304/5 "2021-06-06T17:21:36Z")

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Wow, that was a very late reply! I had completely forgotten about this 😮

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**Author:** ![ThunderDrop180](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/thunderdrop180/32/6820_2.png) [@ThunderDrop180](https://forum.makecode.com/u/ThunderDrop180)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/some-common-chinese-characters-cant-be-displayed/2304/6 "2021-06-06T20:52:59Z")

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Well, 10 months ago. Welcome back @DillonB07!

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**Author:** ![DillonB07](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dillonb07/32/946_2.png) [@DillonB07](https://forum.makecode.com/u/DillonB07)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/some-common-chinese-characters-cant-be-displayed/2304/7 "2021-06-07T15:50:40Z")

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Thanks.