INSERTing chinese characters in SQL*plus

Db version: 10gR2
NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET for my DB is AL16UTF16 by which i can store chinese characters. To INSERT using SQL*Plus, i tried to copy and paste some chinese characters from internet. When the characters get pasted, it becomes '?????' (question marks). What else do i have to set to store Chinese characters?
SQL> CREATE TABLE EMP2
2   (EMPNO NUMBER,
3   ENAME NVARCHAR2(500));
Table created.
SQL> Insert into emp2(empno,ename) values(889,UNISTR('????'));
1 row created.
SQL> COMMIT;
Commit complete.
SQL> SELECT * FROM EMP2;
     EMPNO ENAME
       889 ????

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