diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 96aa1a999..a1edb6a53 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ Newest first. `Unreleased` is what is on `main` and not yet tagged.
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### The New chat shortcut works on a Russian or Greek keyboard layout
+
+Settings lists New chat as Shift+N, and the app matched the character the keystroke wrote. A layout
+that writes another script has no key that writes an N: Shift and the N key write "Т" on Russian and
+"Ν" on Greek, so the shortcut never fired there. When the character is not ASCII, the app now reads
+the physical key instead. A layout that writes Latin letters, such as Dvorak, still goes by the letter.
+
 ### Enter that confirms a typed character no longer saves a name, a rule or a wizard step
 
 Japanese, Chinese and Korean are typed through an input method, where Enter confirms the character
diff --git a/app/src/lib/hotkeys/hotkeys.ts b/app/src/lib/hotkeys/hotkeys.ts
index 7aa303618..7c2c3b7a3 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/hotkeys/hotkeys.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/hotkeys/hotkeys.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,22 @@ const isMac =
   typeof navigator !== "undefined" &&
   /Mac|iPhone|iPad/.test(navigator.platform);
 
+/**
+ * The key a keystroke names, spelled the way a combo spells it.
+ *
+ * `key` first, because it follows the layout: on Dvorak the letter N is not where QWERTY puts it, and
+ * the key a person presses when told "N" is the one that writes an N. A layout that writes another
+ * script has no such key. Shift and the N key write "Т" on Russian and "Ν" (Greek capital nu, not a
+ * Latin N) on Greek, so a shortcut read from `key` alone never fired there. When `key` is a single
+ * character outside ASCII, the physical key in `code` is the only N there is.
+ */
+function keyOf(event: KeyboardEvent): string {
+  const written = event.key.toLowerCase();
+  if (written.length !== 1 || written.charCodeAt(0) < 0x80) return written;
+  const physical = /^(?:Key|Digit)([A-Z0-9])$/.exec(event.code);
+  return physical?.[1]?.toLowerCase() ?? written;
+}
+
 /**
  * Whether this keystroke is this combo — exactly, not at-least.
  *
@@ -66,7 +82,7 @@ export function matchesHotkey(
   const mod = isMac ? event.metaKey : event.ctrlKey;
   const otherMod = isMac ? event.ctrlKey : event.metaKey;
   return (
-    event.key.toLowerCase() === combo.key &&
+    keyOf(event) === combo.key &&
     event.shiftKey === Boolean(combo.shift) &&
     mod === Boolean(combo.mod) &&
     !otherMod &&
diff --git a/app/tests/hotkey-layouts.test.ts b/app/tests/hotkey-layouts.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8815d3289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/tests/hotkey-layouts.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { getHotkey, matchesHotkey } from "@/lib/hotkeys/hotkeys";
+
+/**
+ * The New chat shortcut on a keyboard layout that does not write Latin letters.
+ *
+ * Settings shows it as Shift+N, and `matchesHotkey` compared `KeyboardEvent.key`. That is right for
+ * a layout that moves the letter, such as Dvorak: the key a person presses when told "N" is the one
+ * that writes an N. A layout that writes another script has no key that writes an N at
+ * all. Shift and the N key write "Т" on Russian and "Ν" (Greek capital nu, not a Latin N) on Greek,
+ * so the shortcut Settings lists never fired for anybody with one of those layouts selected.
+ */
+
+const combo = getHotkey("new-chat").combo;
+
+/** A keydown as a browser reports it: `key` from the layout, `code` from the physical key. */
+function keydown(
+  key: string,
+  code: string,
+  modifiers: Partial<
+    Pick<KeyboardEvent, "shiftKey" | "ctrlKey" | "metaKey" | "altKey">
+  > = {},
+): KeyboardEvent {
+  return {
+    key,
+    code,
+    shiftKey: false,
+    ctrlKey: false,
+    metaKey: false,
+    altKey: false,
+    ...modifiers,
+  } as KeyboardEvent;
+}
+
+test("Shift and the N key start a new chat on a layout that writes another script", () => {
+  const pressed = [
+    ["Russian", keydown("Т", "KeyN", { shiftKey: true })],
+    ["Greek", keydown("Ν", "KeyN", { shiftKey: true })],
+  ] as const;
+
+  expect(
+    pressed.map(([layout, event]) => [layout, matchesHotkey(event, combo)]),
+  ).toEqual([
+    ["Russian", true],
+    ["Greek", true],
+  ]);
+});
+
+test("a layout that writes Latin letters still goes by the letter, wherever its key is", () => {
+  // Dvorak writes N on the key QWERTY calls L, and B on the key QWERTY calls N.
+  expect(matchesHotkey(keydown("N", "KeyL", { shiftKey: true }), combo)).toBe(
+    true,
+  );
+  expect(matchesHotkey(keydown("B", "KeyN", { shiftKey: true }), combo)).toBe(
+    false,
+  );
+});
+
+test("the modifiers are still exact on the physical key", () => {
+  expect(matchesHotkey(keydown("т", "KeyN"), combo)).toBe(false);
+  expect(
+    matchesHotkey(
+      keydown("Т", "KeyN", { shiftKey: true, ctrlKey: true, metaKey: true }),
+      combo,
+    ),
+  ).toBe(false);
+  // A character from another script on some other key is not N, and neither is one on a key that
+  // has no letter of its own, nor the Shift key itself.
+  expect(matchesHotkey(keydown("Ь", "KeyM", { shiftKey: true }), combo)).toBe(
+    false,
+  );
+  expect(
+    matchesHotkey(keydown("Ё", "Backquote", { shiftKey: true }), combo),
+  ).toBe(false);
+  expect(
+    matchesHotkey(keydown("Shift", "ShiftLeft", { shiftKey: true }), combo),
+  ).toBe(false);
+});