The Word Counter instantly analyzes your text in real-time. All processing is local — your text never leaves your device.
Why use JoeLucky Word Counter?
- Real-time: All numbers update instantly as you type — no button needed.
- 10 detailed metrics at a glance (see below for explanations).
- Bilingual support: Automatically identifies Chinese, English, symbols, and numbers.
- Trim Trailing: Removes trailing whitespace from each line — great for text copied from Word or PDF.
- Privacy-first: All processing happens locally in your browser — your text is never uploaded.
- No login or install: Open and use instantly, completely free.
Understanding the 10 Statistics
- Total Characters: Total character count excluding newlines; spaces count as characters.
- Chinese Characters: Count of CJK Unified Ideographs (U+4E00–U+9FA5), excluding punctuation.
- Full-width Symbols: Non-ASCII characters minus Chinese chars — includes 。,!?「」 and other CJK punctuation.
- English Letters: Total count of A–Z and a–z characters, excluding digits and symbols.
- English Words: Space/punctuation-delimited English word count, excluding numeric tokens (e.g. "hello world" = 2 words).
- Half-width Symbols: Count of ASCII punctuation characters like !@#$%,./?()[]{}— includes any half-width symbols used in Chinese text.
- Digit Characters: Individual digit count 0–9 (e.g. "2025" = 4 digit characters).