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Built for students, writers, HSK learners, translators, and content creators who work with Chinese text every day.
Results update in real-time as you type or paste. No buttons to click, no page reload needed. Count thousands of characters instantly.
Supports both Simplified Chinese (简体中文) and Traditional Chinese (繁體中文) characters perfectly. Works with mixed text too.
See which Chinese characters appear most often in your text — great for HSK vocabulary practice and reading level analysis.
Know how long it takes to read, speak, or handwrite your Chinese text. Useful for speeches, lessons, and presentations.
Accurately separates Chinese characters from Latin letters, numbers, and punctuation. Handles mixed Chinese-English content.
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Understanding Chinese word and character counting is different from English — here's what you need to know.
In Chinese, each character (汉字/漢字) typically represents one syllable and often one word. Unlike English, Chinese text has no spaces between words, so counting is done by character. A 500-character Chinese essay is roughly equivalent to a 750-word English essay.
Chinese "words" (词 cí) are usually 1–4 characters long. Our tool estimates words by grouping characters intelligently. For formal requirements (HSK essays, university submissions), always confirm whether they want 字 (characters) or 词 (words).
HSK essay requirements (HSK 4: 400 characters), WeChat posts (500 character limit), university dissertations, translation billing (per character), subtitles, and Chinese content marketing all require accurate character counts.