Online Word & Character Count Tool
Enter or paste text to instantly count total characters, Chinese characters, English words, digits, lines, paragraphs and sentences. No registration required. All content is processed locally in your browser.
Example
Hello world! 你好世界 123
"Hello" and "world" are each counted as one English word; "你好世界" contains four Chinese characters; "123" contains three digit characters and forms one consecutive digit group.
About This Tool
Qudo's online word count tool analyzes the length of Chinese, English and mixed text. After entering text, the tool calculates characters, Chinese characters, English words, digits, lines, paragraphs and sentences in real time. It is suitable for article editing, preliminary paper checking, social media copy, ad headlines and web content creation.
How to Use
- 1Enter or paste the text you want to count in the text box.
- 2The tool automatically updates all statistics in real time — no need to click submit.
- 3View total characters, Chinese characters, English words and other data.
- 4Click "Clear" to delete the current text and start over.
Longer text may take slightly longer to process, but most text is analyzed instantly. The tool never modifies your input.
Counting Rules
Total Characters
Includes Chinese characters, English letters, digits, punctuation, spaces and emoji. Line breaks are not counted as visible characters.
No Spaces
Excludes regular spaces, tabs, line breaks and full-width spaces from the total character count.
Chinese Characters
Counts only Chinese characters (汉字). Chinese punctuation such as ，。！？ is not included.
English Words
Words like don't and Qudo's count as one word. well-known counts as one word. Pure numbers are not counted as English words. Underscore-connected text is treated as one word.
Digit Characters
Counts each individual digit character. For example, 123 contains 3 digit characters.
Digit Groups
Counts consecutive digit sequences as one group. For example, 123 is one digit group.
Lines
Each text segment separated by a line break counts as one line. Trailing empty lines are not counted.
Paragraphs
Non-empty text blocks separated by one or more blank lines count as one paragraph. Individual lines are not counted as separate paragraphs.
Sentences
Sentences are estimated by punctuation marks: 。！？.!? This is an approximation and may not accurately handle all abbreviations, code and special text.
Use Cases
Social Media Copy
Check the length of Weibo, Xiaohongshu, WeChat public account bios and articles.
Study & Writing
Get an approximate word count for essays, reports and homework.
English Content
Count words in English articles, emails and product descriptions.
SEO Content
Check the length of titles, descriptions and web page body text.
Ad Copy
Help check the length of ad headlines and description text.
Video Subtitles
Count characters, lines and estimated reading time for subtitle text.
Limitations
The statistics from this tool are for everyday editing reference. Different software and platforms may use different methods for counting characters, words and paragraphs, so results may differ slightly from Microsoft Word, Google Docs or specific submission systems. Emoji, combining characters, English abbreviations and hyphenated words may also vary due to different counting rules.
Data & Privacy
The text you enter is processed only in your current browser and is not sent to Qudo servers or stored in any database. Your input is not retained after refreshing or closing the page. If the page includes analytics or advertising services, those services may process browser and access data according to their own privacy policies, but they do not receive the text content of your input box.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between word count and character count?
Character count usually includes Chinese characters, English letters, digits, punctuation and spaces. Chinese character count only counts Chinese characters. English content is typically measured by word count.
Do spaces count as characters?
Regular spaces are included in the total character count but not in the no-spaces count.
Does punctuation count as words?
Punctuation is included in the total character count but not in the Chinese character count.
How are English abbreviations counted?
For example, don't is counted as one word according to our algorithm.
Will my input be saved?
No. Text is processed only in your current browser and is not uploaded to any server.
Why are the results different from Word?
Different software may define line breaks, spaces, emoji, abbreviations, hyphens and paragraphs differently, so results may vary slightly.
Is there a maximum character limit?
The tool does not have a manually set small text length limit, but very long text may affect response speed on low-performance devices.
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