Chinese typing error for ubuntu version

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Description of the issue:
Brave will not display any chinese typing in chatbox

Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary):
1. Launch Brave
2. Visit any website, then press CTRL + T (or CMD + T) to open a new tab
3. type any chinese character in url box

Actual Result (when I want to type in chinese but only come out English):
when I choose fcitx5-rime and cangjie 5 for fcitx5
today is 4 Apr 2025, the bug never happened yet before.

Expected R esult:
chinese words should be come out

Reproduces how often:
Always

Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu):
Brave release -
Version 1.77.95 Chromium: 135.0.7049.52 (Official Build) (64-bit)
](https://brave.com/latest/)

Reproducible on current live release (yes/no):
I don’t know

Additional information:
OS: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS x86_64
Host: MS-7B86 1.0
Kernel: 6.11.0-19-generic
Shell: bash 5.2.21
Resolution: 1366x768
DE: GNOME 46.0
WM: Mutter
WM Theme: Adwaita
Theme: Breeze [GTK2/3]
Icons: Yaru-blue [GTK2/3]
Terminal: x-terminal-emul
CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 2200G (4) @ 3.500GH
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon Vega Series / Ra
Memory: 5468MiB / 13923MiB

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I have this same error for Japanese typing, on Ubuntu as well. Works everywhere else on the computer, even on different browsers. Won’t work in Brave anymore after the recent update.

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I have the same issue for Japanese IME keyboard , on ubuntu Noble Numbat. IME keyboard works everywhere but not working on Brave alone.

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Yes, i am also facing the same issue.

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Same issue here on Ubuntu 24.04 for Chinese(Intelligent Pinyin).

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it’s a bug, this bug is related to Chromium,and all chromium based browsers are affected.

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I switched from Brave to Chrome(version:135.0.7049.84) and it works fine

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I get the same error

the version info:
brave v. 1.77.97
Chromium: 135.0.7049.84
ubuntu 24.04.2

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But it works on Chrome

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hey, the same problem here. But it only occurs when using snap to install Brave. According to the official doc, switch to their native packages!
install on linux

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Dear @JeffBla , seems like this worked for me. Thank you.
(Ubuntu 25.04)

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Yes, you are right. I have removed the snap version of brave and install by this terminal command from official website:
curl -fsS https://dl.brave.com/install.sh | sh

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