Chinese Reading Level Index (CRLI) Tool
This free tool will examine any Chinese text and give detailed feedback about its readability, and recommendations for improvements. It is primarily intended for authors writing graded readers for Imagin8 Press. Your uploaded manuscript is used only to generate your CRLI results and is permanently deleted from our server as soon as processing is complete. We do not retain, share, or otherwise use your file. The final report is provided free to you. A copy of the report, along with your name and email address, is sent to Imagin8 Press. If you have any questions, contact us at info@imagin8press.com.
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CRLI results for
CRLI starts at 1 for the easiest texts. Imagin8 Press graded readers mostly score between 20 and 60; academic and classical texts can score well above 100.
Skill level ratings
The share of the book's characters a reader at each level already knows (characters above the reader's level count only for their first four appearances).
How to lower this score
The CRLI score this book would have if every word containing characters at each level were simplified away. Use it to see which vocabulary level to target.
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Notes
Full data table (columns A–R)
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CRLI factors
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