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Japanese syllabary
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, kanji and
Katakana
Japanese syllabic writing systems
units, morae. In current usage, kana most commonly refers to hiragana and katakana. It can also refer to their ancestor magana (真仮名; lit. 'true kana'), which
Kana
for native or naturalized Japanese words and grammatical elements; and katakana, used primarily for foreign names, loanwords (gairaigo), onomatopoeia,
Japanese_writing_system
Katakana displayed at half their normal width
Half-width kana (半角カナ, Hankaku kana) are katakana characters displayed compressed at half their normal width (a 1:2 aspect ratio), instead of the usual
Half-width_kana
Chinese characters used in Japanese writing
Kanji (/ˈkæn.dʒi, ˈkɑːn.-/; Japanese: 漢字, hiragana: かんじ, Katakana: カンジ, pronounced [kaɲ.dʑi] , 'Han characters') are logographic Chinese characters, historically
Kanji
Japanese punctuation mark
symbol"), also known as chōonkigō (長音記号), onbiki (音引き), bōbiki (棒引き), or Katakana-Hiragana Prolonged Sound Mark by the Unicode Consortium, is a Japanese
Chōonpu
Japonic language
complex Chinese characters: hiragana (ひらがな or 平仮名, 'simple characters') and katakana (カタカナ or 片仮名, 'partial characters'). Latin script (rōmaji ローマ字) is also
Japanese_language
Unicode character block
Katakana is a Unicode block containing katakana characters for the Japanese and Ainu languages. The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose
Katakana_(Unicode_block)
Heritage language in Hokkaido, Japan
set of extended katakana (Katakana Phonetic Extensions) for transliterating the Ainu language and other languages written with katakana. These characters
Ainu_language
Japanese syllabary
a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana as well as kanji (Chinese characters). It is a phonetic lettering system
Hiragana
Japanese diacritic signs
U+3099 ◌゙ COMBINING KATAKANA-HIRAGANA VOICED SOUND MARK U+309A ◌゚ COMBINING KATAKANA-HIRAGANA SEMI-VOICED SOUND MARK U+309B ゛ KATAKANA-HIRAGANA VOICED SOUND
Dakuten_and_handakuten
Character of the Japanese writing system
Wi (hiragana: ゐ, katakana: ヰ) is an obsolete kana (Japanese phonetic character) that is normally pronounced [i] (the same as the kana for i) in current-day
Wi_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
Ku (hiragana: く, katakana: ク) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent [kɯ] and their shapes come from the kanji 久. This
Ku_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
(hiragana: む, katakana: ム) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. The hiragana is written with three strokes, while the katakana is written
Mu_(kana)
System of writing Japanese based solely on Chinese characters
man'yōgana, namely the hiragana (derived from cursive calligraphy) and the katakana (derived from Chinese character components), both of which are used extensively
Man'yōgana
Character of the Japanese writing system
A (hiragana: あ, katakana: ア) is a Japanese kana that represents the mora consisting of single vowel [a]. The hiragana character あ is based on the sōsho
A_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Hentaigana. Ye (hiragana: 𛀁, katakana: エ , sometimes also written as 𛄡) is a Japanese mora or a kana used to
Ye_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
Ha (hiragana: は, katakana: ハ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represent one mora. Both represent [ha]. They are also used as a grammatical particle
Ha_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Hentaigana. Yi (hiragana: 𛀆, katakana: 𛄠) is a Japanese mora or a kana used to write it, though it has never
Yi_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
Tsu (hiragana: つ, katakana: ツ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both are phonemically /tɯ/, reflected in the Nihon-shiki
Tsu_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Hentaigana. Wu (hiragana: 𛄟, katakana: 𛄢) is a Japanese mora or a kana used to write it, though it has never
Wu_(kana)
Alternative width characters in East Asian typography
for katakana, this became the visually distinguishing feature in Shift JIS between the single-byte JIS X 0201 and double-byte JIS X 0208 katakana. Some
Halfwidth_and_fullwidth_forms
Character of the Japanese writing system
Chi (hiragana: ち, katakana: チ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both are phonemically /ti/, reflected in the Nihon-shiki and
Chi_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
I (い in hiragana or イ in katakana) is one of the Japanese kana each of which represents one mora. い is based on the sōsho style of the kanji character
I_(kana)
Japanese language romanization system
maccha) – matcha 三つ(みっつ): mittsu – three Each entry contains hiragana, katakana, and Hepburn romanization, in that order. † — The characters in red are
Hepburn_romanization
Character of the Japanese writing system
Ko (hiragana: こ, katakana: コ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent IPA: [ko]. The shape of these kana comes from
Ko_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
To (hiragana: と, katakana: ト) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent the sound [to], and when written with dakuten
To_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
We (hiragana: ゑ, katakana: ヱ) is an obsolete kana (Japanese phonetic character) that is pronounced [e] (same pronunciation as e (kana): え) in current-day
We_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
Shi (hiragana: し, katakana: シ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent the phonemes /si/, reflected in the Nihon-shiki
Shi_(kana)
Unicode character block
Katakana Phonetic Extensions is a Unicode block containing additional small katakana characters for writing the Ainu language, in addition to characters
Katakana_Phonetic_Extensions
Character of the Japanese writing system
ろ, katakana: ロ) (romanised as ro) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is written in one stroke, katakana in three
Ro_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
He (hiragana: へ, katakana: ヘ) is one of the Japanese kana, which represents one mora. The [he] sound is the only sound that is written almost identically
He_(kana)
Mapping of foreign sounds into Japanese
foreign-language loanwords and foreign names are normally written in the katakana script, which is one component of the Japanese writing system. As far as
Transcription_into_Japanese
Japanese municipalities whose names are not written in kanji
number of municipalities in Japan whose names are written in hiragana or katakana, together known as kana, rather than kanji as is traditional for Japanese
Hiragana and katakana place names
Hiragana_and_katakana_place_names
Character of the Japanese writing system
U (hiragana: う, katakana: ウ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. In the modern Japanese system of alphabetical order, they
U_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
Te (hiragana: て, katakana: テ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent [te]. Full Braille representation Computer
Te_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
(hiragana: ま, katakana: マ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. The hiragana is made in three strokes, while the katakana in two. Both
Ma_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
(hiragana: に, katakana: ニ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. The hiragana is written in three strokes, while the katakana in two.
Ni_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
Wo (hiragana: を, katakana: ヲ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Historically, both are phonemically /wo/, reflected in the
Wo_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
Su (hiragana: す, katakana: ス) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Their shapes come from the kanji 寸 and 須, respectively. Both
Su_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
Ri (hiragana: り, katakana: リ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both are written with two strokes and both represent the
Ri_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
katakana: フ) in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is made in four strokes, while the katakana in
Fu_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
(hiragana: ね, katakana: ネ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is made in two strokes, while the katakana is made in
Ne_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
(hiragana: ゟ, katakana: ) is one of the Japanese kana. It is a polysyllabic kana which represents two morae. Both the hiragana and katakana forms represent
Yori_(kana)
Group of Unicode symbols
Letters and Months is a Unicode block containing circled and parenthesized Katakana, Hangul, and CJK ideographs. Also included in the block are miscellaneous
Enclosed CJK Letters and Months
Enclosed_CJK_Letters_and_Months
Character of the Japanese writing system
Ki (hiragana: き, katakana: キ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent [ki] and are derived from a simplification of
Ki_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
(hiragana: る, katakana: ル) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represent one mora. The hiragana is written in one stroke; the katakana in two. Both
Ru_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
No (hiragana: の, katakana: ノ) are Japanese kana, both representing one mora. In the gojūon system of ordering of Japanese morae, it occupies the 25th position
No_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
O (hiragana: お, katakana: オ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. In the modern Japanese system of alphabetical order, they
O_(kana)
Country in East Asia
early Heian period, the system of phonograms known as kana (hiragana and katakana) was developed. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter is considered the oldest
Japan
Japanese style of ruby text
often written in hiragana, though in certain cases it may be written in katakana, Roman alphabet letters or in other, simpler kanji. In vertical text, tategaki
Furigana
Character of the Japanese writing system
Nu (hiragana: ぬ, katakana: ヌ) is one of the Japanese kana each representing one mora. Both hiragana and katakana are made in two strokes and represent
Nu_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
Hi (hiragana: ひ, katakana: ヒ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both can be written in two strokes, sometimes one for hiragana
Hi_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
(hiragana: み, katakana: ミ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is written in two strokes, while the katakana is made
Mi_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
Ta (hiragana: た, katakana: タ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent [ta]. た originates from the Chinese character
Ta_(kana)
Kanji used for some Japanese words in a primarily phonetic sense
loanwords has been largely superseded in modern Japanese by the use of katakana, although many ateji coined in earlier eras still linger on. Ateji today
Ateji
Character of the Japanese writing system
(hiragana: , katakana: ヿ) is one of the Japanese kana. It is a polysyllabic kana which represents two morae. Both the hiragana and katakana forms represent
Koto_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
Ka (hiragana: か, katakana: カ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent [ka]. The shapes of these kana both originate
Ka_(kana)
"サー゠アーサー゠コナン゠ドイル". Digitally, it is correctly represented in Unicode as U+30A0 ゠ KATAKANA-HIRAGANA DOUBLE HYPHEN. However, due to visual similarity, absence from
Japanese_punctuation
Character of the Japanese writing system
Me (hiragana: め, katakana: メ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both versions of the kana are written in two strokes and
Me_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
(hiragana: や, katakana: ヤ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is written in three strokes, while the katakana is written
Ya_(kana)
or katakana, the Japanese language syllabaries for words of Japanese or foreign origin, respectively. As such, names written in hiragana or katakana are
Japanese_name
and written in katakana, or sometimes written in kanji (either with the more familiar word as a base text gloss and the intended katakana as furigana or
Loanwords_in_Japanese
Japanese single byte character encoding
differences, while the second 96 character codes represent the phonetic Japanese katakana signs. Since the encoding does not provide any way to express hiragana
JIS_X_0201
Typographical symbol
HYPHENATION POINT, while U+30FB ・ KATAKANA MIDDLE DOT should be primarily used in Japanese contexts for separating Katakana words. When the Chinese text is
Middle_dot
Character of the Japanese writing system
Wa (hiragana: わ, katakana: ワ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. It represents [wa] and has origins in the character 和. There
Wa_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
Ra (hiragana: ら; katakana: ラ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both versions are written with two strokes and have origins in
Ra_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
Yu (hiragana: ゆ, katakana: ユ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represents one mora. Both the hiragana and katakana forms are written in two strokes
Yu_(kana)
Japanese symbol
The sokuon (促音) is a Japanese symbol in the form of a small hiragana or katakana tsu, as well as the various consonants represented by it. In less formal
Sokuon
Unicode character block
small variants for the Hiragana and Katakana syllabaries, in addition to those in the Hiragana, Katakana and Katakana Phonetic Extensions blocks. Unassigned
Small_Kana_Extension
Character of the Japanese writing system
(hiragana: れ, katakana: レ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is written in two strokes, while katakana in one. Both
Re_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
N (hiragana: ん, katakana: ン) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. ん is the only kana that does not end in a vowel sound (although
N_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
Na (hiragana: な, katakana: ナ) are Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. The hiragana な is made in four strokes, the katakana ナ two. Both represent
Na_(kana)
Type of computer keys
→ ほわいと F7 convert to full-width katakana (standard katakana): ほわいと → ホワイト F8 convert to half-width katakana (katakana for specific purpose): ホワイト → ホワイト
Language_input_keys
Character of the Japanese writing system
(hiragana: よ, katakana: ヨ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is made in two strokes, while the katakana in three
Yo_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
Sa (hiragana: さ, katakana: サ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent [sa]. The shapes of these kana originate from
Sa_(kana)
Poem by Kenji Miyazawa
Miyazawa chose to write the poem using mainly katakana, a choice that would have been uncommon today as katakana is nowadays (usually) only used in Japanese
Ame_ni_mo_makezu
Character of the Japanese writing system
So (hiragana: そ, katakana: ソ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent [so]. The version of this character used by
So_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
Se (hiragana: せ, katakana: セ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent the sound [se], and when written with dakuten
Se_(kana)
Sex position
means "mating", and puresu (プレス) which is the English word "press" in katakana. The word was first coined by mangaka Takatsu Keita. The act has been performed
Mating_press
Character of the Japanese writing system
E (hiragana: え, katakana: エ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. In the modern Japanese system of alphabetical order, they
E_(kana)
Ligatures in the kana writing system
gōryaku-gana) are ligatures in the kana writing system, both hiragana and katakana. Kana such as koto (ヿ; from 事) and shite (𬼀; from 為) are not kana ligatures
Kana_ligature
Japanese language three volume series by James Heisig
Remembering the Kana, which teaches the Japanese syllabaries (hiragana and katakana). Remembering the Hanzi, by the same author, is intended to teach the 3
Remembering_the_Kanji
Character of the Japanese writing system
Ke (hiragana: け, katakana: ケ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent [ke]. The shape of these kana come from the
Ke_(kana)
Japanese film series in tetralogy
final film reverts to the original katakana spelling, but adds Shin (シン) to the title; as it is written in katakana and not kanji, the meaning of shin
Rebuild_of_Evangelion
Hyōgai kanji on'yomi go-on kan-on tō-on kun'yomi Kana Hiragana Hentaigana Katakana Man'yōgana Sōgana Gojūon Typographic symbols Japanese punctuation Iteration
List of Japanese typographic symbols
List_of_Japanese_typographic_symbols
Taiwanese-Japanese inventor and businessman (1910–2007)
Min Hokkien POJ Gô͘ Peh-hok Tâi-lô Gôo Pik-hok Japanese name Kanji 安藤 百福 Hiragana あんどう ももふく Katakana アンドウ モモフク Transcriptions Romanization Andō Momofuku
Momofuku_Ando
Methods used to input Japanese characters on a computer
writing may have a mode key to switch between them. Hiragana, katakana, halfwidth katakana, halfwidth Roman letters, and fullwidth Roman letters are some
Japanese_input_method
Japanese style of Western-influenced cooking
European dishes, often featuring Western names, and usually written in katakana. It is an example of fusion cuisine. At the beginning of the Meiji Restoration
Yōshoku
Character in Chinese mythology
Mu4-ch'a1 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Bo̍k-chhe Tâi-lô Bo̍k-tshe Japanese name Kanji 木吒 Hiragana もくたく Katakana モクタク Transcriptions Romanization Moku Taku
Muzha_(mythology)
2023 Japanese film by Hideaki Anno
tie-ins. The project unites films that Anno had worked on that bear the katakana title "Shin" (シン・), such as Shin Godzilla (2016), Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice
Shin_Kamen_Rider_(film)
Kanji reading based on the original Chinese
Hyōgai kanji on'yomi go-on kan-on tō-on kun'yomi Kana Hiragana Hentaigana Katakana Man'yōgana Sōgana Gojūon Typographic symbols Japanese punctuation Iteration
On'yomi
Pseudo-loanwords in Japanese
speaker, resulting in a new term. English loanwords are usually written in katakana, making it apparent that they are words non-native to Japan. This links
Wasei-eigo
Ordering of characters in Japanese language
which the characters are displayed. Each kana, which may be a hiragana or katakana character, corresponds to one sound in Japanese. As depicted at the right
Gojūon
Topics referred to by the same term
language (ISO 639-1 alpha-2 code) De (kana) (で, デ), a Japanese hiragana/katakana de (interjection), Albanian interjection de-, an English prefix denoting
DE
Japanese word game
final kana of the previous word. No distinction is made between hiragana, katakana, and kanji. "Shiritori" literally means "taking the end" or "taking the
Shiritori
Japanese character encoding
bytes for the double-byte characters are "shifted" around the 64 halfwidth katakana characters in the single-byte range 0xA1 to 0xDF. The single-byte characters
Shift_JIS
slightly lightened up and had replaced nearly obsolete kana wi (ヰ) from katakana script with modern kana wa (ワ) and small i (ィ). A smooth breathing mark
Wikipedia_logo
Japanese collaborative project
events, and tie-ins. It unites films that Anno had worked on that bear the katakana title "Shin" (シン). "No, we don't have any plans for it. It's all we can
Shin_Japan_Heroes_Universe
Category of typefaces
Japanese kanji and Korean hanja) and radical-derived relatives (e.g. katakana). First invented during the Song dynasty and matured during the Ming dynasty
Ming_typefaces
KATAKANA
KATAKANA
KATAKANA
KATAKANA
Boy/Male
Biblical
Pain, force, iniquity.
Surname or Lastname
French
French : habitational name from either of two places named Reville, in Manche and Meuse.English : variant spelling of Revill.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Connection with God
Girl/Female
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Giving Nature; Principle; Treasure; Wealth; Money; Life; Cute
Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish
Frenchman; From France; Free
Boy/Male
English
Noble or famous.
Girl/Female
Welsh
Wonderful.
Male
Iranian/Persian
Middle Persian name MIHRDAT means "given by Mihr."
Girl/Female
Australian, Japanese
1000 Springs
Boy/Male
Assamese, Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Sikh
Godlike in Power; Another Name of Balram
KATAKANA
KATAKANA
KATAKANA
KATAKANA
KATAKANA