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One consistent word rule
English words split on whitespace and punctuation; apostrophes stay inside a word (don’t). Each Chinese, Japanese or Korean character counts as one word.
Word Counter
Count words and characters.
Your text
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Each Chinese, Japanese or Korean character counts as one word. Apostrophes stay inside a word, so don't counts as a single word.
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WHAT YOU CAN DO
01 / FEATURES[ FAST ]
Space toggle
On by default. Switch it off to see the character count without any whitespace, which matches most strict form limits.
[ LOCAL ]
Empty state is zero
No placeholder numbers and no sample data pretending to be your result.
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ABOUT WORD COUNTER
02 / OVERVIEWWhat it solves
Forms, editors and application fields often have hard limits. Counting by hand wastes time, and many counters disagree about spaces or about how to treat Chinese characters. This page uses one consistent rule across the whole site.
The tool deliberately leaves out readability scores, keyword density and writing goals. Those belong in a full editor; here they would only get in the way of a quick check before you paste a headline, a form field or a social post.
INPUT → OUTPUTEXAMPLE_001
Hello world => 11 characters (spaces included) · 10 characters without spaces · 2 words
For CJK scripts, each character counts as one word instead of splitting on whitespace.
Common use cases
- Two numbers only
- Counts spaces on or off
- Handles CJK text
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
04 / FAQHow are Chinese characters counted?
Each CJK character counts as one word and one character, so a two-character Chinese phrase counts as two words rather than one.
Do contractions count as one word?
Yes. “don’t” and “it’s” stay together as single words.
Does the character count include line breaks?
With “Count spaces” on, all whitespace including line breaks is included. Switching it off removes all whitespace from the count.
Is my text saved anywhere?
No. It stays in this browser tab and disappears when you leave or refresh the page.