Character Counter
Count visible characters, including emoji and combined letters.
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How it works
Paste your text; counts update as you type. Choose the text language for word boundaries and adjust reading or speaking speed for time estimates.
Example
café 👋 → 6
When to use this tool
Check the length of a short biography without splitting emoji.
Supported formats & limits
Up to 1 million UTF-16 code units; comparisons: 200,000 per side. Visible characters use Unicode grapheme segmentation. Reading and speaking times are estimates. Your original input remains available. Reading and speaking times are estimates. Paragraphs are separated by blank lines; visible characters are counted as grapheme clusters.
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An edited input needs a new result. Run the action again; previous download links are removed so you cannot mistake an old output for the current one.
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