Chinese Pinyin / Keyboard Input Issues

After a recent update to Memrise, I have noticed an issue with inputting Chinese characters using the iOS keyboard (not the provided character list in Memrise). Now, when you use the keyboard and enter the pinyin (phonetic text), then select the Chinese characters to get the correct answer, it only shows the pinyin and not the character.

You can see what I mean in this example:

The answer should be 这, not “zhe” as you see there. The native keyboard has now disappeared, but I was using it to input the correct characters, rather than selecting it. However, now Memrise is accepting the pinyin and not switching it to the character form.

I really hope this can be fixed, because I don’t want to select the characters from a list. Typing the pinyin helps me remember the pronunciation and how to type the characters myself, when needed.

Has anyone experienced this with Chinese or any other character-based languages on Memrise (e.g. Japanese)?