Katakana (片仮名 、 カタカナ, IPA: [katakaꜜna, kataꜜkana]) is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, [2] kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived from components or fragments of more complex kanji.

Katakana (カタカナ) is a Japanese script for writing words borrowed from other languages. It is easier to read than kanji, the picture method that is based on Chinese characters. Once the 46 katakana symbols have been learned, a reader knows how to pronounce them. Both katakana and hiragana are syllabaries.

Learn to write and read Katakana, one of the basic Japanese syllabaries. Free download of PDF Katakana chart. Japan's public broadcaster, NHK, provides these reliable Japanese lessons.

2014年9月3日 · It's a handy chart that shows basic katakana along their mnemonic images, which we'll be using on this page to help you remember the katakana. Print it and hang it on your bathroom door, or your bedroom ceiling — whatever spot you think you'll be frequently stairing at.

Katakana symbols are copy and paste text symbols that can be used in any desktop, web, or mobile applications. This table explains the meaning of every katakana symbol.

Katakana is one of the two Japanese 'syllabaries', the writing systems used to represent the sounds of Japanese syllables. (The other is hiragana.) Katakana symbols are used to spell out words phonetically, especially non-Japanese terms.

The symbols on the right are the basic katakana syllabary in the order they appear in dictionaries and indices (reading from left to right and top to bottom). Additional sounds (the symbols on the right) are represented by diacritics and combinations of symbols.

This first table presents 46 basic symbols in the katakana syllabary, plus two auxiliary symbols. Click on the symbols to learn them. (TIP: You don't need to close the window each time.)

Katakana is used in Japanese to write foreign loanwords (except Chinese), spelling foreign names and for onomatopoeia.

2015年5月2日 · Learn or revise the Japanese katakana with pronunciation. Notes: Katakana chart with Hepburn romanization and pronunciation in IPA. Free PDF download.