diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardView.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardView.java
index 8d34b7e..5a44460 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardView.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardView.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     private final float mBackgroundDimAmount;
 
     // HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS "...", character for popup hint.
-    private static final String POPUP_HINT_CHAR = "...";
+    private static final String POPUP_HINT_CHAR = "\u2026";
 
     // Margin between the label and the icon on a key that has both of them.
     // Specified by the fraction of the key width.
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SuggestionsView.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SuggestionsView.java
index d7e7d59..0785169 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SuggestionsView.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SuggestionsView.java
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
         private final float mCenterSuggestionWeight;
         private final int mCenterSuggestionIndex;
         private final Drawable mMoreSuggestionsHint;
-        private static final String MORE_SUGGESTIONS_HINT = "...";
+        private static final String MORE_SUGGESTIONS_HINT = "\u2026";
 
         private static final CharacterStyle BOLD_SPAN = new StyleSpan(Typeface.BOLD);
         private static final CharacterStyle UNDERLINE_SPAN = new UnderlineSpan();
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
             paint.setTextSize(textSize);
             paint.setColor(color);
             final Rect bounds = new Rect();
-            paint.getTextBounds(MORE_SUGGESTIONS_HINT, 0, MORE_SUGGESTIONS_HINT.length(), bounds);
+            paint.getTextBounds(MORE_SUGGESTIONS_HINT, 0, 1, bounds);
             final int width = Math.round(bounds.width() + 0.5f);
             final int height = Math.round(bounds.height() + 0.5f);
             final Bitmap buffer = Bitmap.createBitmap(