diff --git a/i18n/en.yaml b/i18n/en.yaml
index d8de5fee..6cb5c3d5 100644
--- a/i18n/en.yaml
+++ b/i18n/en.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ article:
     one: "{{ .Count }} min"
     other: "{{ .Count }} mins"
   reading_time_title: "Reading time"
-  word_count_unit: "Words"
+  word_count:
+    one: "{{ .Count }} word"
+    other: "{{ .Count }} words"
 
 author:
   byline_title: "Author"
diff --git a/i18n/zh.yaml b/i18n/zh.yaml
index a539072d..ec93aa7e 100644
--- a/i18n/zh.yaml
+++ b/i18n/zh.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ article:
   reading_time:
     other: "{{ .Count }} 分钟"
   reading_time_title: "预计阅读"
-  word_count_unit: "字"
+  word_count:
+    one: "{{ .Count }} 字"
+    other: "{{ .Count }} 字"
 
 author:
   byline_title: "作者"
diff --git a/layouts/partials/meta/word-count.html b/layouts/partials/meta/word-count.html
index 6907581d..e68ec0d6 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/meta/word-count.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/meta/word-count.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <span>
-    {{ .WordCount }} {{- i18n "article.word_count_unit" -}}
+    {{- i18n "article.word_count" .WordCount | emojify -}}
 </span>
 {{- /* Trim EOF */ -}}
   
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