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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.

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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.

Need a Full Text Analysis?

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FAQ

Hiragana (ひらがな) for native Japanese words and grammar; Katakana (カタカナ) for foreign loanwords and emphasis; and Kanji (漢字), Chinese-origin characters used for nouns, verb stems, and adjectives.

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