Katakana カタカナ worksheets free printables
Katakana カタカナ worksheets free printables
日語 Japanese:カタカナ 片仮名
ローマ字 Romaji:Katakana katakana
英語 English:Half letter Part alias
教材 Learning materials:
Katakana 50 chart Worksheet Free PDF Download Q
Katakana 50 chart Worksheet Free PDF Download A
Katakana Dakuon Diacritics Worksheet Free PDF Download Q
Katakana Dakuon Diacritics Worksheet Free PDF Download A
Katakana Youon Contractions Worksheet Free PDF Download Q
Katakana Youon Contractions Worksheet Free PDF Download A
品詞 Parts of speech:めいし 名詞 Meishi Noun
意味 Meaning:Katakana (カタカナ) is a basic character set like ABC, Alphabet in Western culture. Each Katakana has a sound, for example, ア sounds A, and オ sounds O. The Japanese word アオ sounds Ao and means blue. Each Katakana character has its Hiragana (ひらがな) counterpart. Japanese children learn Hiragana first at age six, then learn Katakana.
片仮名50音図 Katakana 50 chart:
A | I | U | E | O | Sound | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ア行 | ア | イ | ウ | エ | オ | |
ー | a | i | u | e | 0 | |
カ行 | カ | キ | ク | ケ | コ | |
K | ka | ki | ku | ke | ko | |
サ行 | サ | シ | ス | セ | ソ | |
S | sa | shi | su | se | so | |
タ行 | タ | チ | ツ | テ | ト | |
T | ta | chi | tsu | te | to | |
ナ行 | ナ | ニ | ヌ | ネ | ノ | |
N | na | ni | nu | ne | no | |
ハ行 | ハ | ヒ | フ | ヘ | ホ | |
H | ha | hi | fu | he | ho | |
マ行 | マ | ミ | ム | メ | モ | |
M | ma | mi | mu | me | mo | |
ヤ行 | ヤ | イ | ユ | エ | ヨ | |
Y | ya | yi | yu | ye | yo | |
ラ行 | ラ | リ | ル | レ | ロ | |
R | ra | ri | ru | re | ro | |
ワ行 | ワ | ヰ | ウ | ヱ | ヲ | |
W | wa | wi | wu | we | wo | |
ン行 | ン | |||||
ー | nn |
A | I | U | E | O | Sound | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ガ行 | ガ | ギ | グ | ゲ | ゴ | |
g | ga | gi | gu | ge | go | |
ザ行 | ザ | ジ | ズ | ゼ | ゾ | |
z | za | ji | zu | ze | zo | |
ダ行 | ダ | ヂ | ヅ | デ | ド | |
d | da | ji | zu | de | do | |
バ行 | バ | ビ | ブ | ベ | ボ | |
b | ba | bi | bu | be | bo | |
パ行 | パ | ピ | プ | ペ | ポ | |
p | pa | pi | pu | pe | po |
A | I | U | E | O | Sound | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
カ行 | キャ | キュ | キョ | |||
ky | kya | kyu | kyo | |||
サ行 | シャ | シュ | ショ | |||
sh | sha | shu | sho | |||
タ行 | チャ | チュ | チョ | |||
ch | cha | chu | cho | |||
ナ行 | ニャ | ニュ | ニョ | |||
ny | nya | nyu | nyo | |||
ハ行 | ヒャ | ヒュ | ヒョ | |||
hy | hya | hyu | hyo | |||
マ行 | ミャ | ミュ | ミョ | |||
my | mya | myu | myo | |||
ラ行 | リャ | リュ | リョ | |||
ry | rya | ryu | ryo | |||
ガ行 | ギャ | ギュ | ギョ | |||
gy | gya | gyu | gyo | |||
ザ行 | ジャ | ジュ | ジョ | |||
j | ja | ju | jo | |||
ダ行 | ヂャ | ヂュ | ヂョ | |||
j | ja | ju | jo | |||
バ行 | ビャ | ビュ | ビョ | |||
by | bya | byu | byo | |||
パ行 | ピャ | ピュ | ピョ | |||
py | pya | pyu | pyo |
片 Half Part Fragment
仮 Temporal Trasitory Fake Disguise
名 Name Title Address
例文 Example sentence:
日文 Japanese sentence:
英文 English sentence:
In Japanese, we write loanwords in Katakana.
語感 Nuanace:どちらも Both かため Formal やわらかめ Casual
類義 Synonym:
仮名文字 かなもじ Kanamoji Temporal letter
仮名 かな Kana Temporal name
対義 Antonym:
平仮名 ひらがな ヒラガナ Hiragana Plain letter
真名 まな Mana True name
派生 Derivative:
仮名 かな Kana + 文字 もじ moji ⇒ 仮名文字 かなもじ Kanamoji Temporal letter
仮名 かな Kana + 書き かき Kaki ⇒ 仮名書き かなかき Kanakaki ⇒ 連濁 Rendaku Euphony ⇒ Kaki changes into gaki ⇒ 仮名書き かながき Kanagaki
韓語 Hanguel:가타카나 (カタカナ)
繁体 Traditional Chinese:片假名 piàn jiǎ míng
簡体 Simplified Chinese:片假名 piàn jiǎ míng
データ Data:
Mystery of ヤイユエヨ and ワヰウヱヲ:
イ and エ in ヤイユエヨ have been assimilated to アイウエオ. イエ in ヤイユエヨ and イエ in アイウエオ are used in the exact same way in modern Japanese: the same letters, the same sounds, and the same meanings.
ヰ and ヱ in ワヰウヱヲ are not used in modern Japanese. Some public schools do not teach these two characters at all. However, they appear in classic Japanese (古典日本語) written before Meiji Restoration (明治維新 1868CE).
The sounds ヤイユエヨ ( Ya Yi Yu Ye Yo ) and ワヰウヱヲ ( Wa Wi Wu We Wo ) remain in modern Korean (現代韓国語) and modern Chinese (現代中国語).
歴史 History:
After the arrival of Kanji from the Asian continent, people in the Japanese archipelago made Hiragana (ひらがな) and Katakana (カタカナ) by modifying Kanji.
Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana were used in different situations. Kanji was mainly used in formal documents for writing laws and regulations. Hiragana and Katakana were for daily use. All Hiragana have a cursive form so they are easy to write with a brush on paper, favored by indoor workers. On the contrary, all Katakana have a sharp form so they are easy to carve in stone and wood, favored by outdoor workers.
探究 Further study:
山口仲美(やまぐちなかみ). 日本語の歴史. 2006.
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