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technical Jul 24, 2026 · 10 min

Why str.length Lies About Emoji in JavaScript (2026)

In JavaScript str.length counts UTF-16 code units, so one emoji reports 2 and a family emoji reports 11. Here is how to count emoji characters correctly.