katakana
pronunciation
How to pronounce katakana in British English:
UK [ˌkætəˈkɑːnə]
How to pronounce katakana in American English:
US [ ˌkætəˈkɑːnə]
Word Origin
- katakana (n.)
- from Japanese katakana, from kata "side" + kana "borrowed letter(s)."
Example
- 1. Japanese has 3 main writing systems : hiragana , katakana and kanji .
- 2. Hiragana and katakana put together are known collectively as the " kana " .
- 3. Unlike our roman characters , each character , whether hiragana , katakana , or kanji , is square and of identical size .
- 4. Chinese pictograms were , for example , dismantled to form two entirely new alphabets , hiragana and katakana , while a new set of japanese readings was imposed on the original chinese characters .
- 5. In japan , where three writing systems are combined into one , mobiles and computers use the simpler hiragana and katakana scripts for inputting - meaning users may forget the kanji , a third strand of japanese writing similar to chinese characters .