1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/linguistics/src/main/java/com/yahoo/language/process/CharacterClasses.java b/linguistics/src/main/java/com/yahoo/language/process/CharacterClasses.java
index 5946a00b8bf..f6177262bf9 100644
--- a/linguistics/src/main/java/com/yahoo/language/process/CharacterClasses.java
+++ b/linguistics/src/main/java/com/yahoo/language/process/CharacterClasses.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ public class CharacterClasses {
     public boolean isLetter(int c) {
         if (Character.isLetter(c)) return true;
         if (Character.isDigit(c) &&  ! isLatin(c)) return true; // Not considering these digits, so treat them as letters
-        if (Character.getType(c) == Character.OTHER_SYMBOL) return true; // emojis searchable
 
         // Some CJK punctuation defined as word characters
         if (c == '\u3008' || c == '\u3009' || c == '\u300a' || c == '\u300b' ||
@@ -30,6 +29,13 @@ public class CharacterClasses {
     }
 
     /**
+     * Returns true if the character is in the class "other symbol" - emojis etc.
+     */
+    public boolean isSymbol(int c) {
+        return Character.getType(c) == Character.OTHER_SYMBOL;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Returns true for code points which should be considered digits - same as java.lang.Character.isDigit
      */
     public boolean isDigit(int c) {