Count Chinese Hanzi characters (中文字数统计), punctuation, words, and thousand-character publication units (千字) with reading time estimation.
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The Chinese Character Counter (中文字数统计) accurately counts Chinese Hanzi characters (汉字), punctuation marks, and estimated words for articles, novels, translation rates, and academic publications.
\text{千字数} = \frac{\text{汉字数}}{1000}, \quad \text{阅读时间} = \frac{\text{汉字数}}{350 \text{ CPM}}Chinese publishing contracts and freelance translation rates are calculated per 1,000 Hanzi characters (千字). Native reading speed is ~300–500 characters per minute.
Scenario: Analyzing a 3,500-character Chinese short story
Hanzi characters: 3,500 chars (excluding punctuation).
Publication volume: 3,500 / 1,000 = 3.5 千字.
Estimated reading duration: 3,500 / 350 = 10 minutes.
In mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, writing contracts and translation fees are calculated based on "千字" (thousand Hanzi characters) excluding punctuation or using Microsoft Word character count.
A Hanzi character is a single logogram (e.g., "学" or "生"). A Chinese word often consists of two or more characters combined into a semantic unit (e.g., "学生" meaning student).
Yes! It seamlessly recognizes both Simplified Chinese (简体中文) and Traditional Chinese (繁體中文) Unicode character ranges.
The average adult reads approximately 300 to 500 Chinese characters per minute for standard literary or news text.
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