diff --git a/scim-wnn/src/wnnconversion.cpp b/scim-wnn/src/wnnconversion.cpp
index 58c8040..0fe92cd 100644
--- a/scim-wnn/src/wnnconversion.cpp
+++ b/scim-wnn/src/wnnconversion.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@
             *e ++ = x >> 8;
             *e ++ = x;
         } else
+        if (x & 0x80) {
+            *e ++ = 0x8e;
+            *e ++ = x & 0xff;
+        } else
             *e++ = x;
     }
     *e ++ = 0;
@@ -69,7 +73,8 @@
     w_char  x;
     for(;*e;) {
         x = *e ++;
-        if(x & 0x80)
+        if (x == 0x8e) x = *e ++ | 0x80;
+        if (x & 0x80)
         x = ((x << 8) & 0xff00)  | *e ++;
         *u ++ = x;
     }