diff --git a/frontend/__tests__/components/pages/test/keymapConverter.spec.ts b/frontend/__tests__/components/pages/test/keymapConverter.spec.ts
index 07487c3e0e20..88ed54d17d37 100644
--- a/frontend/__tests__/components/pages/test/keymapConverter.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/__tests__/components/pages/test/keymapConverter.spec.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { convertLayoutToKeymap } from "../../../../src/ts/components/pages/test/
 
 import qwertyLayout from "../../../../static/layouts/qwerty.json";
 import qwertzLayout from "../../../../static/layouts/qwertz.json";
+import arabic101Layout from "../../../../static/layouts/arabic_101.json";
 
 import { LayoutObject } from "@monkeytype/schemas/layouts";
 import {
@@ -1123,5 +1124,19 @@ describe("keymap converter", () => {
         expect(row4?.length, "row4 length").toBe(15);
       });
     });
+
+    describe("arabic_101", () => {
+      it("converts arabic_101 with canonical multi-char ligatures", () => {
+        const [, , , row4] = convertLayoutToKeymap(
+          arabic101Layout as LayoutObject,
+          {
+            keymapStyle: "staggered",
+            showAllKeys: false,
+          },
+        );
+
+        expect(row4?.[4]).toEqual(expectLegend("لا", "لآ"));
+      });
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/test/events/stats.ts b/frontend/src/ts/test/events/stats.ts
index 3dcd0af97683..2822cfc1add8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/test/events/stats.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/test/events/stats.ts
@@ -264,7 +264,11 @@ export function getKeypressesPerSecond(eventLog: EventLog): number[] {
 export function getBurstHistory(eventLog: EventLog): number[] {
   const { counts, boundaries } = countPerInterval(
     eventLog,
-    (e) => e.type === "input" && e.data.inputType === "insertText",
+    (e) =>
+      e.type === "input" &&
+      (e.data.inputType === "insertText" ||
+        (eventLog.context.koreanStatus &&
+          e.data.inputType === "insertCompositionText")),
   );
 
   let prevBoundary = 0;
diff --git a/frontend/static/layouts/arabic_101.json b/frontend/static/layouts/arabic_101.json
index 4a4fcb1a7ad5..6e3ebaf847f2 100644
--- a/frontend/static/layouts/arabic_101.json
+++ b/frontend/static/layouts/arabic_101.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
       ["ص", "ً"],
       ["ث", "ُ"],
       ["ق", "ٌ"],
-      ["ف", "ﻹ"],
+      ["ف", "لإ"],
       ["غ", "إ"],
       ["ع", "‘"],
       ["ه", "÷"],
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
       ["س", "ٍ"],
       ["ي", "]"],
       ["ب", "["],
-      ["ل", "ﻷ"],
+      ["ل", "لأ"],
       ["ا", "أ"],
       ["ت", "ـ"],
       ["ن", "،"],
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
       ["ء", "ْ"],
       ["ؤ", "}"],
       ["ر", "{"],
-      ["ﻻ", "ﻵ"],
+      ["لا", "لآ"],
       ["ى", "آ"],
       ["ة", "’"],
       ["و", ","],
diff --git a/frontend/static/layouts/arabic_102.json b/frontend/static/layouts/arabic_102.json
index 99125e6a7fa4..54f305cb4185 100644
--- a/frontend/static/layouts/arabic_102.json
+++ b/frontend/static/layouts/arabic_102.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
       ["ص", "ً"],
       ["ث", "ُ"],
       ["ق", "ٌ"],
-      ["ف", "ﻹ"],
+      ["ف", "لإ"],
       ["غ", "إ"],
       ["ع", "‘"],
       ["ه", "÷"],
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
       ["س", "​"],
       ["ي", "]"],
       ["ب", "["],
-      ["ل", "ﻷ"],
+      ["ل", "لأ"],
       ["ا", "أ"],
       ["ت", "ـ"],
       ["ن", "،"],
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
       ["ء", "ْ"],
       ["ؤ", "ِ"],
       ["ر", "ٍ"],
-      ["ﻻ", "ﻵ"],
+      ["لا", "لآ"],
       ["ى", "آ"],
       ["ة", "’"],
       ["و", ","],
diff --git a/packages/schemas/src/layouts.ts b/packages/schemas/src/layouts.ts
index cfb277077522..2f63ad19744f 100644
--- a/packages/schemas/src/layouts.ts
+++ b/packages/schemas/src/layouts.ts
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ export const LayoutNameSchema = z.enum(
 
 export type LayoutName = z.infer<typeof LayoutNameSchema>;
 
-const KeyLegendsSchema = z.array(z.string().length(1)).min(1).max(4);
+const KeyLegendsSchema = z.array(z.string().min(1)).min(1).max(4);
 export type KeyLegends = z.infer<typeof KeyLegendsSchema>;
 
 const commonLayoutSchema = z