diff --git a/document.go b/document.go
index f2359b27..26daa903 100644
--- a/document.go
+++ b/document.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/elk-language/go-prompt/internal/bisect"
 	istrings "github.com/elk-language/go-prompt/internal/strings"
+	runewidth "github.com/mattn/go-runewidth"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/utf8string"
 )
 
@@ -132,6 +133,13 @@ func (d *Document) FindStartOfPreviousWord() int {
 	return 0
 }
 
+// Returns the string width (as visible in the terminal)
+// of the text before the cursor until the start of the previous word.
+func (d *Document) FindStringWidthUntilStartOfPreviousWord() int {
+	x := d.TextBeforeCursor()
+	return runewidth.StringWidth(x[d.FindStartOfPreviousWordWithSpace():])
+}
+
 // FindStartOfPreviousWordWithSpace is almost the same as FindStartOfPreviousWord.
 // The only difference is to ignore contiguous spaces.
 func (d *Document) FindStartOfPreviousWordWithSpace() int {
@@ -211,6 +219,29 @@ func (d *Document) FindEndOfCurrentWordWithSpace() int {
 	return start + end
 }
 
+// Returns the string width (as visible in the terminal)
+// of the text after the cursor until the end of the current word.
+func (d *Document) FindStringWidthUntilEndOfCurrentWord() int {
+	t := d.TextAfterCursor()
+	width := 0
+	nonSpaceCharSeen := false
+	for _, char := range t {
+		if !nonSpaceCharSeen && char == ' ' {
+			width += 1
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if nonSpaceCharSeen && char == ' ' {
+			break
+		}
+
+		nonSpaceCharSeen = true
+		width += runewidth.RuneWidth(char)
+	}
+
+	return width
+}
+
 // FindEndOfCurrentWordUntilSeparator is almost the same as FindEndOfCurrentWord.
 // But this can specify Separator. Return 0 if nothing was found.
 func (d *Document) FindEndOfCurrentWordUntilSeparator(sep string) int {
diff --git a/emacs.go b/emacs.go
index 636606bd..be34b6c4 100644
--- a/emacs.go
+++ b/emacs.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ var emacsKeyBindings = []KeyBind{
 	{
 		Key: AltRight,
 		Fn: func(buf *Buffer) {
-			buf.CursorRight(buf.Document().FindEndOfCurrentWordWithSpace())
+			buf.CursorRight(buf.Document().FindStringWidthUntilEndOfCurrentWord())
 		},
 	},
 	// Left allow: Backward one character
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ var emacsKeyBindings = []KeyBind{
 	{
 		Key: AltLeft,
 		Fn: func(buf *Buffer) {
-			buf.CursorLeft(len([]rune(buf.Document().TextBeforeCursor())) - buf.Document().FindStartOfPreviousWordWithSpace())
+			buf.CursorLeft(buf.Document().FindStringWidthUntilStartOfPreviousWord())
 		},
 	},
 	// Cut the Word before the cursor.