QR Code Version 9 Capacity and Size (53×53)

A version 9 QR code is 53 modules per side, or 61 modules including the 4-module quiet zone. At error correction M it holds up to 262 alphanumeric characters or 180 bytes.

Maximum characters by error correction level

The byte row counts bytes. Japanese or Chinese text in UTF-8 takes 3 bytes per character. The kanji row counts characters encoded in kanji mode (Shift_JIS). This site's generator encodes text in byte mode (UTF-8), so treat the kanji row as the limit set by the standard.

Print size guidelines

Side length for each module size. The farther the scanning distance, the larger the modules should be.

Data that fits in this version

Whether each example fits (Yes / No) at each error correction level, estimated in byte mode.