diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/unicode1.right b/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/unicode1.right
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+1
+1
+Ok
diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/unicode1.tests b/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/unicode1.tests
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+LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+
+# A combining character U+300
+a=`printf "\xcc\x80"`
+# Should print 1
+echo ${#a}
+
+# A Japanese katakana charachter U+30a3
+a=`printf "\xe3\x82\xa3"`
+# Should print 1
+echo ${#a}
+
+echo Ok