diff --git a/src/block/posts/index.php b/src/block/posts/index.php
index dffd2d997b..a2a4aebbeb 100644
--- a/src/block/posts/index.php
+++ b/src/block/posts/index.php
@@ -108,14 +108,25 @@ function generate_render_item_from_stackable_posts_block( $post, $attributes, $t
 
 		// Trim the excerpt.
 		if ( ! empty( $excerpt ) ) {
+			$untrimmed_excerpt = $excerpt;
 			$excerpt = explode( ' ', $excerpt );
 			$trim_to_length = (int) $excerpt_length;
-			if ( count( $excerpt ) > $trim_to_length ) {
+			// Check if there are CJK characters.
+			if ( function_exists( 'mb_substr' ) && preg_match_all( "/\p{Han}+/u", $untrimmed_excerpt, $matches ) ) {
+				// Remove the <p> tags.
+				$untrimmed_excerpt = substr( $untrimmed_excerpt, 3, strlen( $untrimmed_excerpt ) - 8 );
+
+				if ( strlen( $untrimmed_excerpt ) > $trim_to_length ) {
+					// Trim according to string length.
+					$excerpt = mb_substr( $untrimmed_excerpt, 0, $trim_to_length ) . '...';
+				} else {
+					$excerpt = $untrimmed_excerpt;
+				}
+			} elseif ( count( $excerpt ) > $trim_to_length ) {
 				$excerpt = implode( ' ', array_slice( $excerpt, 0, $trim_to_length ) ) . '...';
 			} else {
-				$excerpt = implode( ' ', $excerpt );
+				$excerpt = $untrimmed_excerpt;
 			}
-
 			$excerpt = wp_kses_post( $excerpt );
 			$new_template = str_replace( '!#excerpt!#', $excerpt, $new_template );
 		} else {
diff --git a/src/block/posts/util.js b/src/block/posts/util.js
index 4b7e954329..ea4fd76513 100644
--- a/src/block/posts/util.js
+++ b/src/block/posts/util.js
@@ -199,7 +199,20 @@ export const generateRenderPostItem = attributes => {
 
 		// Trim the excerpt.
 		let excerptString = postExcerptStackable.split( ' ' )
-		if ( excerptString.length > ( excerptLength || 55 ) ) {
+
+		//Checks if there are CJK characters present.
+		const regexCJK = /[\u3040-\u30ff\u3400-\u4dbf\u4e00-\u9fff\uf900-\ufaff\uff66-\uff9f]/
+
+		if ( postExcerptStackable.match( regexCJK ) ) {
+			// Remove the <p> tags.
+			const tempExcerptString = postExcerptStackable.substring( 3, postExcerptStackable.length - 5 )
+
+			if ( tempExcerptString.length > ( excerptLength || 55 ) ) {
+				excerptString = tempExcerptString.substring( 0, excerptLength === '' ? 55 : excerptLength ) + '...'
+			} else {
+				excerptString = tempExcerptString
+			}
+		} else if ( excerptString.length > ( excerptLength || 55 ) ) {
 			excerptString = excerptString.slice( 0, excerptLength || 55 ).join( ' ' ) + '...'
 		} else {
 			excerptString = post.post_excerpt_stackable