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Word count
Word count is a core plugin that displays the number of words and characters of the active note.
On desktop word count appears in the status bar. On mobile, word count appears at the top of the right sidebar.
Word count supports CJK languages (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean), which don't use spaces to separate words.
See also
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