diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModeCheonjiin.java b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModeCheonjiin.java
index 20d71643..038af284 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModeCheonjiin.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModeCheonjiin.java
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class ModeCheonjiin extends InputMode {
 	protected boolean loadEmojis() {
 		if (shouldDisplayEmojis()) {
 			suggestions.clear();
-			suggestions.addAll(new EmojiLanguage().getKeyCharacters(digitSequence.charAt(0) - '0', getEmojiGroup()));
+			suggestions.addAll(new EmojiLanguage().getKeyCharacters(digitSequence.charAt(digitSequence.length() - 1) - '0', getEmojiGroup()));
 			return true;
 		}
 
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class ModeCheonjiin extends InputMode {
 		}
 
 		// ... otherwise display our custom first groups, if available
-		int number = digitSequence.isEmpty() ? Integer.MAX_VALUE : digitSequence.charAt(0) - '0';
+		int number = digitSequence.isEmpty() ? Integer.MAX_VALUE : digitSequence.charAt(digitSequence.length() - 1) - '0';
 		if (KEY_CHARACTERS.size() > number) {
 			suggestions.clear();
 			suggestions.addAll(KEY_CHARACTERS.get(number));
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModePinyin.java b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModePinyin.java
index 04e24508..eb36759f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModePinyin.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModePinyin.java
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ import io.github.sspanak.tt9.hacks.InputType;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.ime.helpers.TextField;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.languages.Language;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.languages.LanguageKind;
+import io.github.sspanak.tt9.languages.NaturalLanguage;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.preferences.settings.SettingsStore;
 import io.github.sspanak.tt9.util.chars.Characters;
 
 public class ModePinyin extends ModeIdeograms {
-	boolean ignoreNextSpace = false;
+	private final int SPECIAL_CHAR_KEY = NaturalLanguage.SPECIAL_CHAR_KEY.charAt(0) - '0';
+	private boolean ignoreNextSpace = false;
 
 
 	protected ModePinyin(SettingsStore settings, Language lang, InputType inputType, TextField textField) {
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ public class ModePinyin extends ModeIdeograms {
 
 	@Override
 	protected void onNumberPress(int number) {
-		if (ignoreNextSpace && number == SPECIAL_CHAR_SEQUENCE.charAt(0) - '0') {
+		if (ignoreNextSpace && number == SPECIAL_CHAR_KEY) {
 			ignoreNextSpace = false;
 			return;
 		}
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ public class ModePinyin extends ModeIdeograms {
 	@Override
 	public boolean shouldAcceptPreviousSuggestion(int nextKey, boolean hold) {
 		// In East Asian languages, 0-key must accept the current word, or type a space when there is no word.
-		if (!digitSequence.isEmpty() && !digitSequence.endsWith(SPECIAL_CHAR_SEQUENCE) && nextKey == SPECIAL_CHAR_SEQUENCE.charAt(0) - '0') {
+		if (!digitSequence.isEmpty() && !digitSequence.endsWith(SPECIAL_CHAR_SEQUENCE) && nextKey == SPECIAL_CHAR_KEY) {
 			ignoreNextSpace = true;
 		}
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModeWords.java b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModeWords.java
index 84ecb1be..3c701930 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModeWords.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModeWords.java
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ class ModeWords extends ModeCheonjiin {
 			return true;
 		}
 
-		final char SPECIAL_CHAR_KEY_CODE = SPECIAL_CHAR_SEQUENCE.charAt(0);
+		final char SPECIAL_CHAR_KEY_CODE = SPECIAL_CHAR_SEQUENCE.charAt(SPECIAL_CHAR_SEQUENCE.length() - 1);
 		final int SPECIAL_CHAR_KEY = SPECIAL_CHAR_KEY_CODE - '0';
 
 		// Prevent typing the preferred character when the user has scrolled the special char suggestions.