diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 823a28e..6e6bc3e 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -1089,7 +1089,8 @@ local function get_rcp_lbl(lang_code, show_usages, unum, rnum, fs, panel, spacin
 	end
 
 	lbl = get_translation(lang_code, lbl)
-	local shift = min(0.9, abs(13 - max(13, #lbl)) * 0.1)
+	local lbl_len = #(lbl):gsub("[\128-\191]", "") -- Count chars, not bytes in UTF-8 strings
+	local shift = min(0.9, abs(13 - max(13, lbl_len)) * 0.1)
 
 	fs[#fs + 1] = fmt(FMT.label,
 		XOFFSET + (sfinv_only and 2.3 or 1.6) - shift,