diff --git a/src/text-utils.coffee b/src/text-utils.coffee
index 90bf220ff..f83864106 100644
--- a/src/text-utils.coffee
+++ b/src/text-utils.coffee
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ isLowSurrogate = (string, index) ->
 isVariationSelector = (string, index) ->
   0xFE00 <= string.charCodeAt(index) <= 0xFE0F
 
+isCombiningCharacter = (string, index) ->
+  0x0300 <= string.charCodeAt(index) <= 0x036F or
+  0x1AB0 <= string.charCodeAt(index) <= 0x1AFF or
+  0x1DC0 <= string.charCodeAt(index) <= 0x1DFF or
+  0x20D0 <= string.charCodeAt(index) <= 0x20FF or
+  0xFE20 <= string.charCodeAt(index) <= 0xFE2F
+
 # Is the character at the given index the start of a high/low surrogate pair?
 #
 # * `string` The {String} to check for a surrogate pair.
@@ -25,6 +32,15 @@ isSurrogatePair = (string, index=0) ->
 isVariationSequence = (string, index=0) ->
   not isVariationSelector(string, index) and isVariationSelector(string, index + 1)
 
+# Is the character at the given index the start of a combined character pair?
+#
+# * `string` The {String} to check for a combined character.
+# * `index`  The {Number} index to look for a variation sequence at.
+#
+# Return a {Boolean}.
+isCombinedCharacter = (string, index=0) ->
+  not isCombiningCharacter(string, index) and isCombiningCharacter(string, index + 1)
+
 # Is the character at the given index the start of high/low surrogate pair
 # or a variation sequence?
 #
@@ -33,7 +49,7 @@ isVariationSequence = (string, index=0) ->
 #
 # Return a {Boolean}.
 isPairedCharacter = (string, index=0) ->
-  isSurrogatePair(string, index) or isVariationSequence(string, index)
+  isSurrogatePair(string, index) or isVariationSequence(string, index) or isCombinedCharacter(string, index)
 
 # Does the given string contain at least surrogate pair or variation sequence?
 #