--- rxvt-unicode/src/screen.C	2008/11/04 14:34:13	1.314
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/screen.C	2008/11/04 14:38:29	1.315
@@ -1466,11 +1466,18 @@
   line->touch ();
   line->is_longer (0);
 
+  // nuke wide char at beginning
+  if (line->t[screen.cur.col] == NOCHAR)
+    scr_kill_char (*line, screen.cur.col);
+
   switch (insdel)
     {
       case INSERT:
         line->l = min (line->l + count, ncol);
 
+        if (line->t[screen.cur.col] == NOCHAR)
+          scr_kill_char (*line, screen.cur.col);
+
         for (int col = ncol - 1; (col - count) >= screen.cur.col; col--)
           {
             line->t[col] = line->t[col - count];
@@ -1500,6 +1507,10 @@
         selection_check (1);
         screen.cur.col -= count;
 
+        // nuke wide char after the end
+        if (screen.cur.col + count < ncol && line->t[screen.cur.col + count] == NOCHAR)
+          scr_kill_char (*line, screen.cur.col + count);
+
         scr_blank_line (*line, screen.cur.col, count, rstyle);
         break;