1. Set the minimum search length to 1

    Open admin dashboard, and set settings > others > “min search term length” to 1

  2. Fix database encoding to UTF-8

    1. Enter the discourse docker install directory and run:

       ./launcher enter app

    2. Then enter postgreSQL console:

       sudo -u postgres psql discourse

    3. And update the encoding of database:

       update pg_database set encoding = pg_char_to_encoding('UTF8') where datname = 'discourse';

    4. Leave database:

       \q

    5. Reindex all content:

      Only new content will have UTF-8 index, old content still use ASCII, so go to the docker discourse directory (usually at /var/www/discourse ) and run:

       rake search:reindex

  3. Now the content can search by CJK language.

Thanks to Audrey Tang, she give me support to finish this article.

Source: https://meta.discourse.org/t/adjust-discourse-search-to-work-with-cjk-languages/28741