How are paragraphs counted?

A paragraph is any block of text separated from the next by a blank line. A single line break inside a block is treated as a soft wrap, not a new paragraph, which matches how Chinese manuscripts and ebooks mark structure.

What counts as a character for the page estimate?

Only CJK ideographs (Chinese characters) are counted toward the per-page figure, because that is the 字数 number Chinese publishers use. Latin letters, digits, spaces, and punctuation are excluded from the page math.

Why 500 characters per page?

500 characters per page is the long-standing convention for typeset Chinese books and is widely used to estimate length for manuscripts and contracts. Actual layout varies with font size and trim size, so treat the result as an estimate.

Does the tool send my text anywhere?

No. All counting happens locally in your browser using JavaScript. Your text is never uploaded, stored, or sent to a server, so it is safe for confidential drafts.

Does it handle Traditional Chinese too?

Yes. The character matcher covers the full CJK Unified Ideographs range, so Traditional characters are counted the same way as Simplified ones. The page estimate works identically for both scripts.

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Writers, editors, and translators working in Chinese often need to know how long a passage is — both how many paragraphs it contains and roughly how many printed pages it will fill. This tool counts paragraphs and Chinese characters and turns the character count into a page estimate using the standard book convention.

How it works

Paragraphs are detected by splitting the text on blank lines: any run of one or more empty lines marks a paragraph boundary. A single newline inside a block is treated as a soft line break, so wrapped lines do not inflate the count.

For the character total, only CJK ideographs are counted — the same 字数 (character count) figure Chinese publishers use. Latin words, digits, and punctuation are ignored for the page math. The page estimate is simply:

pages = chinese_characters / 500

500 characters per page is the traditional typeset-book figure for Chinese.

Tips and notes

Because the page estimate excludes punctuation and Latin text, a document mixing English and Chinese will show a smaller page figure than a raw character count would suggest — that is intentional and matches publishing practice. For an exact layout you still need your typesetter’s font size and trim size, but 500 characters per page is the standard planning number for word counts, contest limits, and translation quotes.