Character Counter
Count characters, words, lines and bytes in your text.
Your input is processed in your browser.
- 0
- Characters
- 0
- Characters (no spaces)
- 0
- Words
- 0
- Lines
- 0
- Paragraphs
- 0
- Sentences (estimate)
- 0
- UTF-8 Bytes
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- Reading Time
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How to Use
- Type or paste your text into the box.
- Results update instantly as you type — there is no button to press.
- Use Clear to start over, or Copy to copy your text.
Characters vs words
A character is a single letter, digit, punctuation mark or symbol. A word is a group of characters separated by spaces or line breaks. Long words push up the character count without changing the word count by much, so both numbers are useful together.
UTF-8 byte count
Computers store text as bytes, not characters. In UTF-8 — the encoding almost every website and app uses — English letters and common punctuation take 1 byte each, while Korean, Japanese, Chinese and many other non-Latin characters take 3 bytes, and some emoji take 4. This is why the byte count can be noticeably higher than the character count for non-English text.
About the reading time estimate
The estimate divides your word count by 225 words per minute, a common average adult silent-reading speed, and rounds up to the next whole minute. Real reading speed depends on the reader and the text, so treat this as a rough guide, not an exact figure.
Questions and Answers
The "Characters" total includes spaces. A separate "Characters (no spaces)" total is shown as well, so you can see both.
Computers store text as bytes, and different characters use different numbers of bytes in UTF-8 — English letters use 1 byte each, while Korean and many other non-Latin characters use 3. This total is useful when a system has a byte limit rather than a character limit, such as a database field or a text message.
Because one character is not always one byte. A single Korean character, for example, is 1 character but 3 bytes in UTF-8, so text with many non-English characters will show more bytes than characters.
It divides your word count by 225 words per minute, a commonly used average adult reading speed, then rounds up to the next whole minute. It is only an estimate — actual reading speed varies a lot from person to person.
No. Your text is analyzed directly in your browser as you type. It is never sent to Stay Local Tools servers.
Other Languages
Español
Contador de caracteres
Cuenta caracteres, palabras, líneas y bytes UTF-8 de tu texto al instante. El texto se procesa directamente en tu navegador y no se sube a los servidores de Stay Local Tools para el procesamiento.
Preguntas frecuentes
El total de "Caracteres" incluye los espacios. También se muestra un total aparte de "Caracteres (sin espacios)" para que veas ambos.
Las computadoras guardan el texto como bytes: las letras en inglés usan 1 byte, mientras que el coreano y muchos otros caracteres usan 3. Es útil cuando un sistema tiene un límite de bytes.
Porque un carácter no siempre equivale a un byte. Un carácter coreano, por ejemplo, es 1 carácter pero 3 bytes en UTF-8.
Português (Brasil)
Contador de caracteres
Conte caracteres, palavras, linhas e bytes UTF-8 do seu texto instantaneamente. O texto é processado diretamente no navegador e não é enviado aos servidores do Stay Local Tools para processamento.
Perguntas frequentes
O total de "Caracteres" inclui os espaços. Também é mostrado um total separado de "Caracteres (sem espaços)" para você ver os dois.
Os computadores guardam texto como bytes: letras em inglês usam 1 byte, enquanto o coreano e muitos outros caracteres usam 3. É útil quando um sistema tem limite de bytes.
Porque um caractere nem sempre equivale a um byte. Um caractere coreano, por exemplo, é 1 caractere mas 3 bytes em UTF-8.
한국어
글자수 계산기
텍스트의 글자 수, 단어 수, 줄 수, UTF-8 바이트 수를 즉시 확인할 수 있습니다. 텍스트는 브라우저에서 직접 처리되며 Stay Local Tools 서버에 업로드되지 않습니다.
자주 묻는 질문
"글자 수" 합계에는 공백이 포함됩니다. 공백을 제외한 "글자 수(공백 제외)"도 따로 표시되어 두 값을 모두 확인할 수 있습니다.
컴퓨터는 텍스트를 바이트로 저장하는데, 영어 알파벳은 1바이트, 한글을 비롯한 여러 비라틴 문자는 3바이트를 사용합니다. 바이트 제한이 있는 시스템에서 유용합니다.
한 글자가 항상 1바이트는 아니기 때문입니다. 예를 들어 한글 한 글자는 1글자이지만 UTF-8에서는 3바이트를 차지합니다.