What is Katakana? |
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Katakana, like hiragana, is a phonetic script much like English where each character has a unique sound and the characters can be written one after the next to spell out a word. Learning katakana is usually the second step in learning how to read and write Japanese - hiragana is usually taught first. Katakana is used to represent foreign words which have been adopted into the Japanese language (loan words) and foreign names (personal and country names). |
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◊ Learn about the other Japanese phonetic script, hiragana, here. ◊ Learn the Japanese kanji script, here. |
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