4.4. Katakana table
This is ごじゅうおんず "gozyûonzu" (kana table) of katakana (かたがな "katakana"). Note that kana in the table are written in the Japanese way, characters from top to bottom and lines from right to left.Each katakana is shown with its pronunciation. Being the same as hiragana except for their shapes, katakana have the same pronunciations as hiragana, like English capital letters have the same pronunciation as small letters.
Katakana are mainly used for imported words, and sometimes used for emphasis, so they are similar to italic letters in English.
- | wa | ra | ya | ma | ha | na | ta | sa | ka | a | - |
ンn*3 | ワwa | ラra | ヤya | マma | ハha*1 | ナna | タta | サsa | カka | アa | a |
- | ヰi*2 | リri | - | ミmi | ヒhi | ニni | チti (chi) | シsi (shi) | キki | イi | i |
- | - | ルru | ユyu | ムmu | フhu (fu) | ヌnu | ツtu (tsu) | スsu | クku | ウu | u |
- | ヱe*2 | レre | - | メme | ヘhe*1 | ネne | テte | セse | ケke | エe | e |
- | ヲo*1 | ロro | ヨyo | モmo | ホho | ノno | トto | ソso | コko | オo | o |
*1 There are special single-kana words with these kana.
*2 These two kana are not used in modern Japanese.
*3 This kana doesn't contain the vowel "a".
This is an additional table that contains katakana with voiced sound marks and semi-voiced sound marks: