Handy tools
Live counts for resumes and essays — with/without spaces, bytes, manuscript paper, and goal progress in one screen.
Type or paste your text to count characters with and without spaces, bytes, words, sentences, and lines in real time — perfect for checking the length limits of cover letters and résumés.
Standard web encoding — one Hangul character counts as 3 bytes.
EUC-KR style used by Korean job application systems — Hangul/CJK count as 2 bytes; ASCII letters, digits, and spaces as 1 byte.
Converted to Korean 200-character manuscript paper (wongoji).
Set a target character count — like a 500-character cover letter limit — and track your progress.
The OgleOgle Character Counter is a free web tool that tells you the exact length of any text the moment you paste or type it — cover letters, resumes, blog posts, social media drafts, paper abstracts. Without signing up or installing anything, you get (1) character count with spaces, (2) character count without spaces, (3) word count, (4) sentence count, (5) line count, (6) byte count under UTF-8 (where a Korean character is typically 2–3 bytes), and (7) 200-character manuscript-paper sheet count, all updated in real time. Your draft is auto-saved in your browser so closing the tab by accident does not lose your work.
This tool is essential for Korean job seekers. Major Korean conglomerates (Samsung, LG, SK, Hyundai) enforce strict cover-letter limits like "500–700 characters per question," and online job application platforms (Saramin, JobKorea, Incruit) sometimes limit by byte count rather than character count — leading to the painful surprise of "I wrote what I thought was 500 characters, but the last sentence got cut off because of bytes." The counter converts to both EUC-KR (2 bytes per Korean character) and UTF-8 (3 bytes per Korean character) so you can verify against whichever encoding the application form uses. Newspapers and writing contests also still cite "7 sheets of 200-character manuscript paper," and the conversion is shown side-by-side.
Key features. (1) Set a target character count and a progress bar shows remaining characters and percentage in real time. (2) When you exceed the target, the counter turns red as an instant warning. (3) Toggle to ignore spaces and line breaks. (4) Dark mode support. (5) Identical mobile and desktop interface. (6) All processing happens locally in your browser — the personal content of your cover letter never leaves your device.
FAQ — Q. How are bytes calculated? A. UTF-8 counts a Korean character as 3 bytes and ASCII (English letters, numbers) as 1 byte. We also show EUC-KR (2 bytes per Korean character) for older Korean systems. Q. Can I see my saved draft on another device? A. No — the draft is stored in browser local storage, so it stays on the same browser only. Q. Does the counter work on mobile? A. Yes, with the same accuracy and the same metrics as desktop.