Unicorn

Word and Character Counter

Type or paste and the counts update as you go: characters with and without spaces, UTF-8 bytes, lines, sentences, paragraphs and words. Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters are counted one by one instead of being swallowed as a single word, and the keyword list plus reading time tell you whether the piece is too long before you publish it.

0Words
0Characters
0Without spaces
0UTF-8 bytes
0Lines
0Sentences
0Paragraphs

How to use

Live words, characters, bytes, sentences and reading time — CJK aware. Your data is processed only inside this browser tab.

FAQ

Why is my Chinese text counted differently?

CJK scripts have no spaces between words, so each character counts as one word. Latin text is split on whitespace and punctuation instead.

Which reading speed is assumed?

About 200 words per minute for Latin text and 300 characters per minute for CJK; the estimate follows whichever kind dominates your text.

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