The counter above counts each Japanese character, kana or kanji, as one, and spaces and punctuation too. The X post row counts the way X does: each Chinese, Japanese or Korean character counts as 2, so a post in Japanese fits 140 characters rather than 280.
How X counts Japanese
| What you type | Counts on X as |
|---|---|
| Hiragana, katakana and kanji | 2 each |
| Japanese punctuation such as 、 and 。 | 2 each |
| Full-width letters and numbers such as Ａ and １ | 2 each |
| Ordinary letters A to Z and numbers 0 to 9 | 1 each |
| A link of any length | 23 |
Ignore the word count for Japanese
Japanese has no spaces between words, so the Words figure treats each stretch of text between punctuation marks as one word and is no use here; read the Characters figure.
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