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Katakana - カタカナ
As mentioned in Lesson 1, Katakana (as seen in the Katakana chart below) is mainly used for foreign words such as foreign names and words that have been borrowed from other languages such as コンピューター (kompyu-ta- = computer). Katakana is the least frequently used of the three character sets in Japanese. The Japanese language does not have as many sounds as the English language so, when creating a name in Katakana for instance, the name must be sound out to the closest Japanese equivalent. Katakana, Hiragana, and Furigana (when Hiragana is written small next to a Kanji character to show how that character is read) are collectively known as Kana.
There are some special Katakana characters that exist only for foreign names (such as シェ (she) or ティ (ti)). These special Katakana characters are not in the Katakana chart below (which contains only the standard set of Katakana characters) but can be seen in our Names.
Combinations
Click Here for a printable Katakana chart (PDF -get Adobe Acrobat Reader)
As mentioned in Lesson 1, Katakana (as seen in the Katakana chart below) is mainly used for foreign words such as foreign names and words that have been borrowed from other languages such as コンピューター (kompyu-ta- = computer). Katakana is the least frequently used of the three character sets in Japanese. The Japanese language does not have as many sounds as the English language so, when creating a name in Katakana for instance, the name must be sound out to the closest Japanese equivalent. Katakana, Hiragana, and Furigana (when Hiragana is written small next to a Kanji character to show how that character is read) are collectively known as Kana.
There are some special Katakana characters that exist only for foreign names (such as シェ (she) or ティ (ti)). These special Katakana characters are not in the Katakana chart below (which contains only the standard set of Katakana characters) but can be seen in our Names.
| ア a | イ i | ウ u | エ e | オ o |
| カ ka | キ ki | ク ku | ケ ke | コ ko |
| ガ ga | ギ gi | グ gu | ゲ ge | ゴ go |
| サ sa | シ shi | ス su | セ se | ソ so |
| ザ za | ジ ji | ズ zu | ゼ ze | ゾ zo |
| タ ta | チ chi | ツ tsu | テ te | ト to |
| ダ da | ヂ ji | ヅ zu | デ de | ド do |
| ナ na | ニ ni | ヌ nu | ネ ne | ノ no |
| ハ ha | ヒ hi | フ fu | ヘ he | ホ ho |
| バ ba | ビ bi | ブ bu | ベ be | ボ bo |
| パ pa | ピ pi | プ pu | ペ pe | ポ po |
| マ ma | ミ mi | ム mu | メ me | モ mo |
| ヤ ya | ユ yu | ヨ yo | ||
| ラ ra | リ ri | ル ru | レ re | ロ ro |
| ワ wa | ヲ wo | |||
| ン n |
Combinations
| キャ kya | キュ kyu | キョ kyo |
| ギャ gya | ギュ gyu | ギョ gyo |
| シャ sha | シュ shu | ショ sho |
| ジャ ja | ジュ ju | ジョ jo |
| チャ cha | チュ chu | チョ cho |
| ニャ nya | ニュ nyu | ニョ nyo |
| ヒャ hya | ヒュ hyu | ヒョ hyo |
| ビャ bya | ビュ byu | ビョ byo |
| ピャ pya | ピュ pyu | ピョ pyo |
| ミャ mya | ミュ myu | ミョ myo |
| リャ rya | リュ ryu | リョ ryo |
Click Here for a printable Katakana chart (PDF -get Adobe Acrobat Reader)
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