The invention provides a retrieval 
system and method for continuous characters and fuzzy characters. The retrieval 
system comprises a continuous character string 
mode matching module, wherein a KMP character string 
mode matching algorithm is used for matching the continuous characters in a 
short string with a long string; when the character string 
mode matching module fails in matching, the retrieval 
system furthermore comprises a fuzzy character matching module used for taking out Unicodes one by one from the long string to be matched with the 
short string, and the characters corresponding to the Unicodes are 
Chinese characters or 
ASCII characters. Through the retrieval system and method, matching retrieval of the continuous characters and the fuzzy characters and polyphone retrieval of 
Chinese characters are achieved, wherein continuous character string mode matching is also suitable for retrieval of multi-linguistic characters, and fuzzy character matching is suitable for retrieval of 
Chinese characters or combinations of Chinese characters and 
ASCII characters; the Chinese character 
pinyin mapping table has good portability, can be used across platforms and is high in retrieval speed and efficiency.