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Paste a passage and the six numbers move together. The text stays in this browser.
Why this exists
Posts and text messages have limits. The numbers show where the text sits as soon as it is pasted.
The rules stay on this screen. One Hangul syllable is 2 text bytes and usually 3 UTF-8 bytes.
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01How to use it
Put the text in the box. It is stored in NFC.
The six numbers change at once. On a phone, three of them stay above the keyboard.
Over 100 characters, press Clear again to erase. The warning lasts four seconds.
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02What you get
안녕 is 2 characters, 2 without spaces, 6 UTF-8 bytes, and 4 text bytes.
hello is 5 characters and 5 text bytes, inside the 90-byte short message.
Enteredhello
Characters 5 Without spaces 5 UTF-8 5 bytes Text bytes 5 · short -
03Worth knowing
An empty box has zero lines. A single line break counts as two lines.
Words drop the spaces at both ends before splitting. Spaces alone are zero words.
Characters outside the text table are listed, up to three, with an ellipsis when there are more.
The text stays in this tab until you reload. It does not travel to another device.
Questions
- QClear did not erase.
- AOver 100 characters, the first press only confirms. A second press within four seconds erases.
- QShort or long message?
- ANinety text bytes or fewer is short. More is long. A character outside the table is not short on length alone.
- QHow many bytes is Hangul?
- AA syllable is 2 text bytes and usually 3 UTF-8 bytes. The two counts use different rules.
- QIs the text saved?
- AIt stays in this browser tab. Nothing is sent to a server.