What is the difference between word count and character count?

Difference: "Number of words" refers to the number of Chinese characters; while "Number of characters" refers to the sum of the number of Chinese characters, the number of English letters, the number of numbers and the number of punctuation points. In a word document, a Chinese character or a full-width character (including punctuation) is 2 characters, and a half-width character (or punctuation) and a space are each 1 character.

The operating environment of this tutorial: Windows 7 system, Microsoft Office word 2019 version, Dell G3 computer.

The difference between the number of words and the number of characters:

1. "Number of words" refers to: the number of Chinese characters.

2. "Number of characters" refers to: the number of Chinese characters, the number of English letters, the number of digits, and the number of punctuation points. Note that one Chinese character is equal to 2 characters.

When the word document says no less than a few thousand words, it refers to the number of words.

A Chinese character or a full-width character (including punctuation) is 2 characters, and a half-width character (or punctuation) and a space are each 1 character.

The method to count the number of words and characters in word is as follows:

1. Open the word file.

#2. Find and click the "Review" - "Word Count" command in the menu bar. A "Word Count" statistical information box pops up. The statistical information includes: number of pages, number of words, character symbols, number of paragraphs, non-Chinese words, Chinese characters, etc.

Extended information:

1. Characters refer to letters, numbers, words and symbols used in computers, including: 1 ,2,3,A,B,C,~! ·#￥%……—*()—and so on.

2. In ASCII encoding, one English alphabetic character requires 1 byte to store. In GB 2312 encoding or GBK encoding, one Chinese character storage requires 2 bytes.

3. In UTF-8 encoding, the storage of an English alphabetic character requires 1 byte, and the storage of a Chinese character requires 3 to 4 bytes.

4. In UTF-16 encoding, the storage of an English alphabetic character or a Chinese character requires 2 bytes (some Chinese characters in the Unicode extension area require 4 bytes to store).

5. In UTF-32 encoding, the storage of any character in the world requires 4 bytes.

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