diff --git a/lib/internal/cli_table.js b/lib/internal/cli_table.js
index 6e9a6bdbc9021a..aaa094e6a5d25f 100644
--- a/lib/internal/cli_table.js
+++ b/lib/internal/cli_table.js
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 const { Math, ObjectPrototype } = primordials;
 
-const { Buffer } = require('buffer');
-const { removeColors } = require('internal/util');
+const { getStringWidth } = require('internal/readline/utils');
 
 // The use of Unicode characters below is the only non-comment use of non-ASCII
 // Unicode characters in Node.js built-in modules. If they are ever removed or
@@ -29,16 +28,11 @@ const tableChars = {
   /* eslint-enable node-core/non-ascii-character */
 };
 
-const countSymbols = (string) => {
-  const normalized = removeColors(string).normalize('NFC');
-  return Buffer.from(normalized, 'UCS-2').byteLength / 2;
-};
-
 const renderRow = (row, columnWidths) => {
   let out = tableChars.left;
   for (var i = 0; i < row.length; i++) {
     const cell = row[i];
-    const len = countSymbols(cell);
+    const len = getStringWidth(cell);
     const needed = (columnWidths[i] - len) / 2;
     // round(needed) + ceil(needed) will always add up to the amount
     // of spaces we need while also left justifying the output.
@@ -52,7 +46,7 @@ const renderRow = (row, columnWidths) => {
 
 const table = (head, columns) => {
   const rows = [];
-  const columnWidths = head.map((h) => countSymbols(h));
+  const columnWidths = head.map((h) => getStringWidth(h));
   const longestColumn = columns.reduce((n, a) => Math.max(n, a.length), 0);
 
   for (var i = 0; i < head.length; i++) {
@@ -63,7 +57,7 @@ const table = (head, columns) => {
       const value = rows[j][i] =
         ObjectPrototype.hasOwnProperty(column, j) ? column[j] : '';
       const width = columnWidths[i] || 0;
-      const counted = countSymbols(value);
+      const counted = getStringWidth(value);
       columnWidths[i] = Math.max(width, counted);
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-console-table.js b/test/parallel/test-console-table.js
index 35bd948f11afb0..003539d63fd47e 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-console-table.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-console-table.js
@@ -258,3 +258,21 @@ test([{ a: 1, b: 'Y' }, { a: 'Z', b: 2 }], `
 └─────────┴──${line}──┘
 `);
 }
+
+test({ foo: '￥', bar: '¥' }, `
+┌─────────┬────────┐
+│ (index) │ Values │
+├─────────┼────────┤
+│   foo   │  '￥'  │
+│   bar   │  '¥'   │
+└─────────┴────────┘
+`);
+
+test({ foo: '你好', bar: 'hello' }, `
+┌─────────┬─────────┐
+│ (index) │ Values  │
+├─────────┼─────────┤
+│   foo   │ '你好'  │
+│   bar   │ 'hello' │
+└─────────┴─────────┘
+`);