Question 1

What's the difference between characters and bytes?

Accepted Answer

Characters count the number of text characters, while bytes measure storage size. CJK characters (Korean, Chinese, Japanese) use 3 bytes each in UTF-8, while English letters use 1 byte.

Question 2

What's the difference between with and without spaces?

Accepted Answer

Characters with spaces includes all whitespace (spaces, tabs, line breaks). Without spaces counts only actual text characters — commonly used for essay and application word limits.

Question 3

How is reading time calculated?

Accepted Answer

English text uses 200 words per minute, and CJK text uses 500 characters per minute as the baseline. Actual reading speed varies with content complexity.

Question 4

Does it accurately count mixed language text?

Accepted Answer

Yes, CJK characters and Latin characters are detected separately for accurate counting. You can see CJK character count in the detailed stats section.

Question 5

Is there a character limit?

Accepted Answer

No, there's no limit. You can paste text of any length and it will be counted in real-time.

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