diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index 79af8dcd..582830c3 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -2156,10 +2156,17 @@ void minibar(void)
 
 		successor = this_position + char_length(this_position);
 
-		if (*this_position != '\0' && is_zerowidth(successor) &&
+		if (*this_position && *successor && is_zerowidth(successor) &&
 					mbtowc(&widecode, successor, MAXCHARLEN) >= 0) {
-			sprintf(hexadecimal, " U+%04X", widecode);
+			sprintf(hexadecimal, "|%04X", widecode);
 			waddstr(bottomwin, hexadecimal);
+
+			successor += char_length(successor);
+
+			if (is_zerowidth(successor) && mbtowc(&widecode, successor, MAXCHARLEN) >= 0) {
+				sprintf(hexadecimal, "|%04X", widecode);
+				waddstr(bottomwin, hexadecimal);
+			}
 		} else
 			successor = NULL;
 	}