Word Count Japanese

Summary

Paste Japanese text to instantly count words, characters, sentences, and get a breakdown of hiragana, katakana, and kanji.

How it works

1. Paste or type your Japanese text into the input area.
2. The tool scans every character against Unicode ranges for hiragana (U+3040–U+309F), katakana (U+30A0–U+30FF), and kanji (U+4E00–U+9FFF plus extensions).
3. Latin words are counted by splitting on whitespace and punctuation.
4. Sentences are detected by Japanese (。！？) and Western (. ! ?) sentence-ending punctuation.
5. Paragraphs are counted by splitting on newline characters.
6. Reading time is estimated at 500 characters per minute — the midpoint of the 400–600 range cited in Japanese readability research.
7. All counts update live on every keystroke — no button press needed.

Use cases

• Check whether a tweet or social post stays within character limits.
• Estimate how long a Japanese article or blog post will take to read.
• Audit subtitles for length before localizing Japanese video content.
• Verify character counts for Japanese print or publishing layouts.
• Analyze the kanji-to-kana ratio when writing or editing Japanese copy.
• Count mixed Japanese-English text accurately in a single pass.

Frequently Asked Questions