diff --git a/nanobot/cli/commands.py b/nanobot/cli/commands.py
index 453f40f42..1468d775d 100644
--- a/nanobot/cli/commands.py
+++ b/nanobot/cli/commands.py
@@ -50,6 +50,17 @@ from rich.text import Text
 from nanobot import __logo__, __version__
 
 
+def _sanitize_surrogates(text: str) -> str:
+    """Reconstruct surrogate pairs into real characters; replace lone surrogates.
+
+    On Windows, console input may produce lone surrogate code points (e.g.
+    ``\\ud83d\\udc08`` for U+1F408).  Round-tripping through UTF-16 reconstructs
+    paired surrogates into their actual characters and replaces unpaired ones
+    with U+FFFD.
+    """
+    return text.encode("utf-16-le", errors="surrogatepass").decode("utf-16-le", errors="replace")
+
+
 class SafeFileHistory(FileHistory):
     """FileHistory subclass that sanitizes surrogate characters on write.
 
@@ -59,8 +70,7 @@ class SafeFileHistory(FileHistory):
     """
 
     def store_string(self, string: str) -> None:
-        safe = string.encode("utf-8", errors="surrogateescape").decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
-        super().store_string(safe)
+        super().store_string(_sanitize_surrogates(string))
 from nanobot.cli.stream import StreamRenderer, ThinkingSpinner
 from nanobot.config.paths import get_workspace_path, is_default_workspace
 from nanobot.config.schema import Config
@@ -1224,7 +1234,7 @@ def agent(
                         # Stop spinner before user input to avoid prompt_toolkit conflicts
                         if renderer:
                             renderer.stop_for_input()
-                        user_input = await _read_interactive_input_async()
+                        user_input = _sanitize_surrogates(await _read_interactive_input_async())
                         command = user_input.strip()
                         if not command:
                             continue
diff --git a/tests/cli/test_safe_file_history.py b/tests/cli/test_safe_file_history.py
index 78b5e2339..5d4efe89e 100644
--- a/tests/cli/test_safe_file_history.py
+++ b/tests/cli/test_safe_file_history.py
@@ -3,12 +3,40 @@
 Surrogate characters in CLI input must not crash history file writes.
 """
 
-from nanobot.cli.commands import SafeFileHistory
+from nanobot.cli.commands import SafeFileHistory, _sanitize_surrogates
+
+
+class TestSanitizeSurrogates:
+    def test_paired_surrogates_reconstructed(self):
+        """Windows console produces \\ud83d\\udc08 for U+1F408 — must be restored."""
+        result = _sanitize_surrogates("你为什么会用 🐈")
+        assert result == "你为什么会用 🐈"
+
+    def test_lone_surrogates_replaced(self):
+        result = _sanitize_surrogates("hello \udce9 world")
+        assert "\udce9" not in result
+        assert "hello" in result
+        assert "world" in result
+
+    def test_normal_text_unchanged(self):
+        assert _sanitize_surrogates("normal ascii text") == "normal ascii text"
+
+    def test_emoji_already_correct(self):
+        """Properly encoded emoji should pass through unchanged."""
+        assert _sanitize_surrogates("hello 🐈 nanobot") == "hello 🐈 nanobot"
+
+    def test_mixed_unicode_preserved(self):
+        assert _sanitize_surrogates("你好 hello こんにちは 🎉") == "你好 hello こんにちは 🎉"
+
+    def test_multiple_lone_surrogates(self):
+        result = _sanitize_surrogates("\udce9\udcf1\udcff")
+        assert "\udce9" not in result
+        assert "\udcf1" not in result
+        assert "\udcff" not in result
 
 
 class TestSafeFileHistory:
     def test_surrogate_replaced(self, tmp_path):
-        """Surrogate pairs are replaced with U+FFFD, not crash."""
         hist = SafeFileHistory(str(tmp_path / "history"))
         hist.store_string("hello \udce9 world")
         entries = list(hist.load_history_strings())