Word Meaning 片仮名

かたかな katakana

片仮名 is read as かたかな (katakana) and means katakana.

Meaning

English

  1. katakana
  2. angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

Reading

Kana

かたかな

Romaji

katakana

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Antonyms 平仮名 Rank 785 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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片仮名語

かたかなご

katakana word

仮名

かめい

alias

平仮名

ひらがな

hiragana

送り仮名

おくりがな

kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word

仮名

かな

kana

上代仮名

じょうだいがな

cursive kanji form used as a syllabary (Heian period)

変体仮名

へんたいがな

non-standard kana

四つ仮名

よつがな

yotsugana

女仮名

おんながな

hiragana

男仮名

おとこがな

kanji used as phonetic symbols

万葉仮名

まんようがな

man'yōgana

Example Sentences

1

I can write hiragana, but I can't yet write katakana.