I’ve been learning Japanese for the last couple of years. One thing I’ve always wanted to get working is Japanese text input on the Fedora Linux KDE Spin. It turns out, there’s a great Romaji/Hiragana/Kanji keyboard for KDE on Linux, it just takes a little configuring.

Open Konsole and run:

sudo dnf -y install fcitx5-mozc fcitx5-kkc fcitx5-autostart

Log out then back in

Open System Settings

Browse to Keyboard->Virtual Keyboard

Choose “Fcitx 5” and click Apply

Right click the Keyboard icon in system tray

Click “Configure”

Under Available Input Method search for:

Mocz

Then click “<” to add it to “Current Input Method”

Make sure to leave “Keyboard – English (US)” so that you can switch between the two.

Click “OK”

To switch between English and Mozc, just press Control+Space in any application.

As you type in Romaji, Mozc will convert what you type into Hiragana and Kanji, with select-able options in a pop-up.

楽しむ!