How is Persian different from Arabic for counting?

Persian uses the Arabic script but adds four letters — پ (pe), چ (che), ژ (zhe), گ (gaf) — and its own kaf ک and yeh ی. The counter reports these Persian-specific letters separately so you can verify the text is genuinely Persian.

What are diacritics (harakat) and why exclude them?

Harakat are optional short-vowel marks placed above or below letters. They are combining characters, so they affect raw character counts. Excluding them gives a count closer to the visible letter count.

What is a ZWNJ and why is it counted separately?

The zero-width non-joiner (U+200C) is an invisible character Persian uses to break letter joining inside compound words. It is reported on its own line because it is invisible yet still a real character.

Does it count Persian and Arabic-Indic digits?

Yes. Persian digits (۰–۹), Arabic-Indic digits, and ASCII digits are all counted as digits, separate from letters.

Is my text sent to a server?

No. All counting happens locally in your browser. Nothing you paste is uploaded or stored.

Persian/Farsi Character Counter

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Count Persian text accurately

Counting Persian characters naively misses the details that matter: the script includes invisible joiners, optional diacritics, and four letters that Arabic does not have. This counter handles the Perso-Arabic script properly and breaks the total down so you know exactly what is in your text.

How it works

The tool iterates over your text codepoint by codepoint and classifies each character:

Persian-script letters fall in the Perso-Arabic Unicode ranges. Among them, the Persian-specific letters پ چ ژ گ ک ی are tracked separately.
Digits include Persian (۰–۹), Arabic-Indic, and ASCII numerals.
Diacritics (harakat) are combining marks in U+064B–U+065F and related ranges; you can include or exclude them from the total.
ZWNJ (U+200C) is counted on its own because it is invisible.

Example and notes

The phrase پژواک (“echo”) contains the Persian-specific letters پ and ژ, which the counter flags. If you paste fully vowelised text with harakat, toggle “Exclude diacritics” to get a count that matches the visible letters.

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