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CJK-friendly emphasis

CommonMark's delimiter rules assume that words are commonly separated by spaces. That can leave valid-looking emphasis markers visible when Chinese, Japanese, or Korean text touches full-width punctuation.

Install​

npm install remark-cjk-friendly

Configure​

import { cjkPlugin } from "@aeven-ai/hypermarkdown/plugins/cjk";

const plugins = {
  cjk: cjkPlugin(),
};

<HyperMarkdown md={markdown} plugins={plugins} />

The problem it solves​

Without the plugin, CommonMark can treat delimiters in this kind of content as literal asterisks:

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The plugin adjusts emphasis tokenization before GFM processing so bold, italic, and related delimiter handling follows the reading a CJK author expects.

Scope​

This plugin changes Markdown emphasis parsing. It does not choose fonts, translate renderer labels, or set document direction. Use your application CSS for script-appropriate typography and the translations prop for UI labels.

Without the plugin, content remains readable; standard CommonMark emphasis rules simply apply.