diff --git a/crates/vim/src/motion.rs b/crates/vim/src/motion.rs
index de621c547633e3f2ac02f5d3ec47b9582c1ba82a..5aa1df6dd8e2173842cd38fddabd7ddeac0813da 100644
--- a/crates/vim/src/motion.rs
+++ b/crates/vim/src/motion.rs
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ impl Motion {
 fn left(map: &DisplaySnapshot, mut point: DisplayPoint, times: usize) -> DisplayPoint {
     for _ in 0..times {
         *point.column_mut() = point.column().saturating_sub(1);
-        point = map.clip_point(point, Bias::Right);
+        point = map.clip_point(point, Bias::Left);
         if point.column() == 0 {
             break;
         }
diff --git a/crates/vim/src/normal.rs b/crates/vim/src/normal.rs
index 531f52bf9a7fbce470c96cac274857db2140c050..67b58ac5853203b62d9a4ace99b60cc2ed75b2f8 100644
--- a/crates/vim/src/normal.rs
+++ b/crates/vim/src/normal.rs
@@ -851,4 +851,10 @@ mod test {
             .await;
         }
     }
+
+    #[gpui::test]
+    async fn test_h_through_unicode(cx: &mut gpui::TestAppContext) {
+        let mut cx = NeovimBackedTestContext::new(cx).await.binding(["h"]);
+        cx.assert_all("Testˇ├ˇ──ˇ┐ˇTest").await;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/vim/test_data/test_h_through_unicode.json b/crates/vim/test_data/test_h_through_unicode.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..86d6d0832d3c6f466318b5d56ad9dada6276c0ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/vim/test_data/test_h_through_unicode.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[{"Text":"Test├──┐Test"},{"Mode":"Normal"},{"Selection":{"start":[0,3],"end":[0,3]}},{"Mode":"Normal"},{"Text":"Test├──┐Test"},{"Mode":"Normal"},{"Selection":{"start":[0,4],"end":[0,4]}},{"Mode":"Normal"},{"Text":"Test├──┐Test"},{"Mode":"Normal"},{"Selection":{"start":[0,10],"end":[0,10]}},{"Mode":"Normal"},{"Text":"Test├──┐Test"},{"Mode":"Normal"},{"Selection":{"start":[0,13],"end":[0,13]}},{"Mode":"Normal"}]
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