diff --git a/src/widgets/barchart.rs b/src/widgets/barchart.rs
index 8bb5ff822..15db9d318 100644
--- a/src/widgets/barchart.rs
+++ b/src/widgets/barchart.rs
@@ -1149,4 +1149,35 @@ mod tests {
         let expected = Buffer::with_lines(vec!["  █", "▆ █", "  G"]);
         assert_buffer_eq!(buffer, expected);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_unicode_as_value() {
+        let group = BarGroup::default().bars(&[
+            Bar::default()
+                .value(123)
+                .label("B1".into())
+                .text_value("写".into()),
+            Bar::default()
+                .value(321)
+                .label("B2".into())
+                .text_value("写".into()),
+            Bar::default()
+                .value(333)
+                .label("B2".into())
+                .text_value("写".into()),
+        ]);
+        let chart = BarChart::default().data(group).bar_width(3).bar_gap(1);
+
+        let mut buffer = Buffer::empty(Rect::new(0, 0, 11, 5));
+        chart.render(buffer.area, &mut buffer);
+
+        let expected = Buffer::with_lines(vec![
+            "    ▆▆▆ ███",
+            "    ███ ███",
+            "▃▃▃ ███ ███",
+            "写█ 写█ 写█",
+            "B1  B2  B2 ",
+        ]);
+        assert_buffer_eq!(buffer, expected);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/widgets/barchart/bar.rs b/src/widgets/barchart/bar.rs
index cbf0ee5ed..7d2d6e91a 100644
--- a/src/widgets/barchart/bar.rs
+++ b/src/widgets/barchart/bar.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthStr;
+
 use crate::{buffer::Buffer, prelude::Rect, style::Style, text::Line};
 
 /// A bar to be shown by the [`BarChart`](crate::widgets::BarChart) widget.
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@ impl<'a> Bar<'a> {
                 self.value.to_string()
             };
 
-            let width = value_label.len() as u16;
+            let width = value_label.width() as u16;
             if width < max_width {
                 buf.set_string(
                     x + (max_width.saturating_sub(value_label.len() as u16) >> 1),