Text Stats
Live character, word, line and UTF-8 byte counts; mixed CJK/English text is counted per han character and per whole word.
>_ USAGE GUIDE
Paste or type your text and the counters update live: characters, words, lines, and UTF-8 bytes, all at once. Mixed CJK/English content is counted sensibly — each Chinese character counts as one unit and each English word counts as one word, instead of a crude split-on-spaces approximation, so the numbers match human intuition.
- Paste your text: counts update in real time while you type or edit
- Read the metric you need: character limits for posts and forms, word counts for translation estimates, bytes for payload sizing
- Watch the bytes: the UTF-8 byte count tells you the real storage and transmission footprint
Typical uses: social-post length limits, abstract word requirements, and estimating how large a message will be after UTF-8 encoding. Writers use it to hit submission quotas; developers use it to predict payload sizes before an API rejects them. No account, no upload, no setup — everything is computed locally and instantly, and the text never leaves your device.
>_ FAQ
Q1 · What is the difference between character count and word count?
Character count measures every individual character (punctuation and spaces included, depending on the rule); word count measures whole words — English is split on spaces, and each Chinese character counts as one word. Submission and form limits usually care about characters; reading-time and translation-volume estimates are better served by words. This tool shows both, and which number matters depends on your target platform's rules.
Q2 · Why is the byte count different from the character count?
Characters are a logical count; bytes are the actual storage and transmission footprint. Under UTF-8, one Chinese character takes 3 bytes, one ASCII letter takes 1, and one emoji takes 4. That is why 100 Chinese characters read as "100 characters, 300 bytes". API parameter limits, database field lengths, and file sizes are all measured in bytes — for development work, always check the byte count.
Q3 · What are line counts good for?
Estimating log entry counts, checking row-by-row data, and counting lines of code all rely on it. Note that a final line without a trailing newline is still counted as one line, matching how common editors display files.
Q4 · Why does the count differ from Microsoft Word?
Every tool defines "word count" differently: Word mixes Chinese characters and English words into one number and has its own rules about punctuation. This tool lists characters, words, lines, and bytes separately — pick the number that matches your target platform's rule instead of forcing agreement with any single application.
Q5 · How are emoji and CJK characters counted?
Both are counted as single characters, and both expand in UTF-8 bytes: a Chinese character takes 3 bytes, most emoji take 4. So a short emoji-heavy message can weigh more in bytes than a longer ASCII one — the byte counter makes that immediately visible.