Learn Katakana
July 21st, 2009
In this chart, the rōmaji appears on the left, the katakana characters are in the middle and the kanji from which the characters originated from are on the right.
Additional combination sounds are represented by the following characters:
so can you help me?
rizza - im 15 too and i wanna go to japan. but i am going when i’m older and for now learning the language and the art and cultur. i say learn all you can now and exactly were/what you want to visit then you will be ready to go there and enjoy it to the full.
hope you manage to go!
So that’s where all the Japanese words are coming from there Katakana symbols!!
hahaha wierd we are all 15!
why is fu in the second chart?
Sadly I’m only 13… :/
I can’t go alone because I’m too young, but when I am old enough I will for sure! ^__^
Hi,
I was wondering if you know what the symbol in this bag is? It would be great if you could help me!
Thanks!
Holly
Sorry - Forgot to put the link to the bag is! lol
http://www.dimensiplus.com/data/gallery/image/AzumangaDaiohOsakaNekoKoneko.jpg
Thanks!
@Holly
uhm… I think it’s ‘a’ in hiragana alphabet? Well, I think you already know that since it’s already like a couple of days now…? But, hope this helped.
I’m only 13 too. XD
thanks soooo much! i’ve been trying to find a katakana and hiragana, etc. alphabet so i can learn the sounds and start identifying words. nowhere i’ve looked has had one, they’re all in romanji, which is nice, but i think will stunt my learning, like a crutch. thanks again, keep up you work guys, its appreciated
Can you please give me a Japanese text for Hiragana and Katakana???
Please!!?!?!?!?!??!
I’m working on something that needs me to do that!
Thanks!
hey so kanji is the most common right
whats the symbol for “kayla”?????
Hi everyone ……can somebody translate my name using katakana character…….^^,
i want learn japanees
@clarizza jane daian
hey if you really want to go to japan i think the best way to go is through a program like you could go during the summer,for a semester or a year and you could live with a family. so you really dont have to worry about a thing and im pretty sure that its cheaper than going alone or with someone and worry about every single thing.heres the website if you like
http://www.ayusa.org/students/study-abroad/japan
well i really wanna go to japan too (: as im half japanese is my duty to learn about the language and culture (:
well, i am a Filipino then i study about Japanese written like hiragana katakana and kanji.
@mark john
ma-ri-ku jo-n
etto…. is katakana the first ting i should learn? or is it hiragana? ive seen katakana been used alot so im thinking that may be the first thing..but help? xD
AHH I’M 15 :3
@Holly
That character is ‘a’ in Hiragana, not Katakana. Hope I helped you. ^^ Honestly it’s the first character I learned how to read, and from there I’ve been getting better, I get some confused, but I think I have Hiragana pretty much down. Now I have to learn Katakana and the big ‘ol toughie, Kanji. Dx Romanji is too easy already being that it’s in English characters. xD
@Kristin
But I’m still learning Katakana, and pretty much learned all Hiragana, so yay! xD
I recommend that if you can’t even read Romanji, you need to start there. (Japanese using English letters.) If you can, then it’s better to start learning Hiragana now. Then after that work on Katakana, then try for the big toughie, Kanji. Kanji is based on Chinese characters, so it’s the hardest to read. Dx I can only read few characters of it myself…. it’s very hard to read….
@emily
Hiragana actually. Although Hiragana and Kanji are used together a LOT. So if you ever plan to do some serious reading of Japanese, you need to learn both, Katakana isn’t used as often except for foreign words (Pretty much English words) and names.
@kayla
Your name would be written as: “Ke-i-ra” or just “Ke-ra” It depends on how exactly you say your name. :3
@CinnamonHijaker
Well Katakana is here on this page obviously, and you can find a Hiragana chart on Wikipedia. Good luck!
First of all i wanna say
Ahh arigatou ^^ @a-chan.
I can read a little romanji and now im writing down all the hiragana and katakana symbols, then im doing to work on writing them and read them :3 huh im only 15 so im busy with school and im learning spanish too… Well doing my best to learn my fav languige ^^ (fighto) tehee….anyone here has the same problem? Cx
Im also planning on going to Japan as soon as possible : 3 wee…well im gonna do my best to learn all the japanese writing. And also this is the best site ive seen now so thanx^^ it’s a HUGE help cx sayonarra : )
this is very helpful to me and was woundering if you know the particles as in de and wa
@Kristin
im learning japanese too
hey..u wanna be online study buddies?
what about di? isn’t it like DE with a little I?