diff --git a/app/utils/zod.test.ts b/app/utils/zod.test.ts
index c24b2e55a..656863be7 100644
--- a/app/utils/zod.test.ts
+++ b/app/utils/zod.test.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,16 @@ describe("actuallyNonEmptyStringOrNull", () => {
 		expect(actuallyNonEmptyStringOrNull("\uFEFF")).toBeNull();
 		expect(actuallyNonEmptyStringOrNull("\u2060")).toBeNull();
 	});
+
+	it("returns null for a string with only soft hyphens", () => {
+		expect(actuallyNonEmptyStringOrNull("\u00AD")).toBeNull();
+		expect(actuallyNonEmptyStringOrNull("\u00AD\u00AD\u00AD")).toBeNull();
+	});
+
+	it("returns null for a string with only braille blanks", () => {
+		expect(actuallyNonEmptyStringOrNull("\u2800")).toBeNull();
+		expect(actuallyNonEmptyStringOrNull("\u2800\u2800\u2800\u2800")).toBeNull();
+	});
 });
 
 describe("hexCodeWithoutAlpha", () => {
diff --git a/app/utils/zod.ts b/app/utils/zod.ts
index 4a255835e..bfdb72849 100644
--- a/app/utils/zod.ts
+++ b/app/utils/zod.ts
@@ -282,12 +282,14 @@ export function safeJSONParse(value: unknown): unknown {
 }
 
 const EMPTY_CHARACTERS = [
+	"\u00AD",
 	"\u200B",
 	"\u200C",
 	"\u200D",
 	"\u200E",
 	"\u200F",
 	"󠀠",
+	"\u2800",
 	"\u3164",
 	"\u115F",
 	"\u1160",