Katakana, (片仮名, カタカナ or かたかな) is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with Hiragana, Kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet. The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana scripts are derived from components of more complex kanji.

49 hàng · Small ゃ, ゅ and ょ follows after letters in the second column and are used to transcribe contracted sounds. This is supposed to be a single syllable. Example: きゃ (kya), みゃ（mya), ぴょ（pyo) Japanese "R" Pronunciation: Japanese "r" sounds are between English "l" and "r" sounds.

06/11/2020 · Unlike the hiragana system, used for Japanese language words that kanji does not cover, the katakana syllabary is used primarily for transcription of foreign language words into Japanese and the writing of loan words (collectively gairaigo), as well as to represent onomatopoeias, technical and scientific terms, and the names of plants, animals, and minerals. …

31/05/2021 · The English alphabet has 26 letters, Spanish has 27 and Cyrillic has 33. The Japanese Alphabet is a little bit more complicated than most western languages, because it has 3 types of alphabet. Hiragana & Katakana have 46 letters, but Kanji has thousands!

Japanese Alphabet: 3 Branches, 1 System. In Japanese, the “alphabet” is broken into three separate trees: hiragana, katakana, and kanji. Together, these three writing methods make up the entirety of the Japanese language. But how can you tell the difference between them? Hiragana

ただし、 音素文字 もしくは 表音文字 を指してアルファベットと呼ぶことも少なくない。. 例えば、英語の「alphabet」の用例として、 ハングル を Korean alphabet と呼び、 日本語 の 仮名 を Japanese alphabet と呼ぶことがある 。. 日常語において「アルファベット」という単語は主に ヨーロッパ系の言語 の文字一覧を表すが、学術的には後述する定義を満たしさえすれば ...