diff --git a/usr.bin/tmux/screen-write.c b/usr.bin/tmux/screen-write.c
index 9b40b0f7e17..a7b02803fd5 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tmux/screen-write.c
+++ b/usr.bin/tmux/screen-write.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: screen-write.c,v 1.240 2025/11/13 13:08:44 nicm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: screen-write.c,v 1.241 2025/12/04 06:02:27 nicm Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007 Nicholas Marriott <nicholas.marriott@gmail.com>
@@ -2057,6 +2057,8 @@ screen_write_combine(struct screen_write_ctx *ctx, const struct grid_cell *gc)
 		case HANGULJAMO_STATE_NOT_HANGULJAMO:
 			if (utf8_should_combine(&last.data, ud))
 				force_wide = 1;
+			else if (utf8_should_combine(ud, &last.data))
+                               force_wide = 1;
 			else if (!utf8_has_zwj(&last.data))
 				return (0);
 			break;