diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/editor/tiptap.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/editor/tiptap.tsx
index db25d12b5..e381914bb 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/editor/tiptap.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/editor/tiptap.tsx
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ function getSelectedWords(
 function countWords(str: string) {
   let count = 0;
   let shouldCount = false;
+  let isScript = false;
 
   for (let i = 0; i < str.length; ++i) {
     const s = str[i];
@@ -416,9 +417,10 @@ function countWords(str: string) {
       s === "\n" ||
       s === "*" ||
       s === "/" ||
-      s === "&"
+      s === "&" ||
+      (isScript = isCJKChar(s))
     ) {
-      if (!shouldCount) continue;
+      if (!shouldCount && !isScript) continue;
       ++count;
       shouldCount = false;
     } else {
@@ -430,3 +432,33 @@ function countWords(str: string) {
 
   return count;
 }
+
+// Taken from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CJK_Unified_Ideographs
+const CJK_UNICODE_RANGES = [
+  [19968, 40959], // CJK Unified Ideographs                     4E00-9FFF   Common
+  [13312, 19903], // CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A         3400-4DBF   Rare
+  [131072, 173791], // CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B       20000-2A6DF Rare, historic
+  [173824, 177983], // CJK Unified Ideographs Extension C       2A700–2B73F Rare, historic
+  [177984, 178207], // CJK Unified Ideographs Extension D       2B740–2B81F Uncommon, some in current use
+  [178208, 183983], // CJK Unified Ideographs Extension E       2B820–2CEAF Rare, historic
+  [183984, 191471], // CJK Unified Ideographs Extension F       2CEB0–2EBEF  Rare, historic
+  [196608, 201551], // CJK Unified Ideographs Extension G       30000–3134F  Rare, historic
+  [201552, 205743], // CJK Unified Ideographs Extension H       31350–323AF Rare, historic
+  [63744, 64255], // CJK Compatibility Ideographs               F900-FAFF   Duplicates, unifiable variants, corporate characters
+  [194560, 195103], // CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement  2F800-2FA1F Unifiable variants
+  [12032, 12255], // CJK Radicals / Kangxi Radicals             2F00–2FDF
+  [11904, 12031], // CJK Radicals Supplement                    2E80–2EFF
+  [12288, 12351], // CJK Symbols and Punctuation                3000–303F
+  [13056, 13311], // CJK Compatibility                          3300-33FF
+  [65072, 65103] // CJK Compatibility Forms                     FE30-FE4F
+];
+
+function isCJKChar(char: string) {
+  const code = char.charCodeAt(0);
+  const isIn = CJK_UNICODE_RANGES.some(
+    (range) => code >= range[0] && code <= range[1]
+  );
+  console.log(char, code, isIn);
+
+  return isIn;
+}