Free Japanese Character Counter
Japanese uses three scripts: Hiragana (ひらがな), Katakana (カタカナ), and Kanji (漢字) — often mixed with Latin letters and emoji. This counter reports each script separately, giving you the breakdown you need for translation pricing, X (Twitter) limits, and document analysis.
How the Japanese Character Counter Works
The counter scans for characters in the Hiragana block (U+3040–U+309F), Katakana block (U+30A0–U+30FF), and Kanji (CJK Unified Ideographs). Latin letters, digits, and punctuation are tallied separately. The total Japanese character count is the sum of Hiragana + Katakana + Kanji.
Tips & Best Practices
1X (Twitter) counts 1 Japanese character per visible glyph
Japanese tweets have the same 280-character limit as English, but each Hiragana/Katakana/Kanji counts as 1 visible character.
2Translation pricing uses character count, not word count
Japanese doesn't have word boundaries like English. Translators bill by character — typically 5–15 cents per Japanese character.
3Japanese characters are 3 bytes each in UTF-8
A 100-character Japanese text is 300 bytes — plan database fields accordingly.
4Average ratio: 50–60% Kanji, 30–40% Hiragana, 5–10% Katakana
Typical Japanese text leans Kanji-heavy. Lower Kanji ratios suggest casual or children's writing.
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