s mentioned in Lesson 1, Katakana (as seen in the chart below) is mainly used for foreign words such as foreign names and words that have been borrowed from other languages such as コンピューター (kompyu-ta- = computer). Katakana is the least frequently used of the three character sets in Japanese. The Japanese language does not have as many sounds as the English language so, when creating a name in Katakana, for instance, the name must be sound out to the closest Japanese equivalent. Katakana, Hiragana, and Furigana (when Hiragana is written small next to a Kanji character to show how that character is read) are collectively known as Kana. Don't worry too much about Katakana (beyond maybe learning your name) for now.
There are some special Katakana characters that exist only for foreign names (such as シェ (she) or ティ (ti)). These special characters are not in the chart below (which contains only the standard set of Katakana characters) but can be seen in our Names in Japaneselesson. There are also the characters ヰ (wi) and ヱ (we) which were deemed obsolete in 1946.
ア
aイ
iウ
uエ
eオ
oカ
kaキ
kiク
kuケ
keコ
koガ
gaギ
giグ
guゲ
geゴ
goサ
saシ
shiス
suセ
seソ
soザ
zaジ
jiズ
zuゼ
zeゾ
zoタ
taチ
chiツ
tsuテ
teト
toダ
daヂ
jiヅ
zuデ
deド
doナ
naニ
niヌ
nuネ
neノ
noハ
haヒ
hiフ
fuヘ
heホ
hoバ
baビ
biブ
buベ
beボ
boパ
paピ
piプ
puペ
peポ
poマ
maミ
miム
muメ
meモ
moヤ
yaユ
yuヨ
yoラ
raリ
riル
ruレ
reロ
roワ
waヲ
woン
n/mCombinations
キャ
kyaキュ
kyuキョ
kyoギャ
gyaギュ
gyuギョ
gyoシャ
shaシュ
shuショ
shoジャ
jaジュ
juジョ
joチャ
chaチュ
chuチョ
choニャ
nyaニュ
nyuニョ
nyoヒャ
hyaヒュ
hyuヒョ
hyoビャ
byaビュ
byuビョ
byoピャ
pyaピュ
pyuピョ
pyoミャ
myaミュ
myuミョ
myoリャ
ryaリュ
ryuリョ
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