diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModeKanji.java b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModeKanji.java
index bde4b706..059c35cf 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModeKanji.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModeKanji.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class ModeKanji extends ModePinyin {
 		}
 
 		String nextSequence = digitSequence + (char)(nextKey + '0');
-		if (nextSequence.endsWith(seq.CHARS_1_SEQUENCE) && !predictions.noDbWords()) {
+		if (seq.isAnySpecialCharSequence(nextSequence)) {
 			return false;
 		}