Katakana

Basic 46 Katakana characters

Katakana Lesson 1: ア　イ　ウ　エ　オ
Katakana Lesson 2: カ　キ　ク　ケ　コ
Katakana Lesson 3: サ　シ　ス　セ　ソ
Revision 1: Check if you know all the first 15 letters.
Katakana Lesson 4: タ　チ　ツ　テ　ト
Katakana Lesson 5: ナ　ニ　ヌ　ネ　ノ
Katakana Lesson 6: ハ　ヒ　フ　ヘ　ホ
Revision 2: Check if you know all the middle 15 letters.
Katakana Lesson 7: マ　ミ　ム　メ　モ
Katakana Lesson 8: ヤ　ユ　ヨ
Katakana Lesson 9: ラ　リ　ル　レ　ロ
Katakana Lesson 10: ワ　ヲ　ン
Revision 3: Check if you know all the last 16 letters.

Extra 25 Katakana characters

ガ　ギ　グ　ゲ　ゴ
ザ　ジ　ズ　ゼ　ゾ
ダ　ヂ　ヅ　デ　ド
バ　ビ　ブ　ベ　ボ
パ　ピ　プ　ペ　ポ

More Katakana characters

キャ　キュ　キョ
シャ　シュ　ショ
チャ　チュ　チョ
ニャ　ニュ　ニョ
ヒャ　ヒュ　ヒョ
ミャ　ミュ　ミョ
リャ　リュ　リョ
ジャ　ジュ　ジョ
ビャ　ビュ　ビョ
ピャ　ピュ　ピョ

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【Alphabet】Katakana

On this page, you can learn Katakana, which is one of the three Japanese alphabets. Katakana is mainly used to write loan words, which stem from countries other than Japan.