diff --git a/modules/ui/commit.js b/modules/ui/commit.js
index a780a2056..7508a4be9 100644
--- a/modules/ui/commit.js
+++ b/modules/ui/commit.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ var readOnlyTags = [
 
 // treat most punctuation (except -, _, +, &) as hashtag delimiters - #4398
 // from https://stackoverflow.com/a/25575009
-var hashtagRegex = /(#[^\u2000-\u206F\u2E00-\u2E7F\s\\'!"#$%()*,.\/:;<=>?@\[\]^`{|}~]+)/g;
+var hashtagRegex = /([#＃][^\u2000-\u206F\u2E00-\u2E7F\s\\'!"#$%()*,.\/:;<=>?@\[\]^`{|}~]+)/g;
 
 
 export function uiCommit(context) {