How To Write Katakana
Often used for onomatopoeia.
How to write katakana. To write your name in japanese the easiest way is to find a katakana letter that corresponds to the pronunciation of your japanese name. Hiragana katakana and kanji. Once the 46 katakana symbols have been learned the reader knows how to pronounce them. To type directly with the computer keyboard. Katakana is a japanese script used for writing words borrowed from other languages.
There are no spaces in japanese so kanji helps distinguish when a new word begins. Company names will sometimes write their names in katakana. The following diagram shows how to write katakana characters ア a イ i ウ u エ e and オ o in the correct order and strokes. In english we write wagamama. In english we use the letters of the alphabet.
Robot speech as in when you write out text for robots talking for various stylistic purposes. Each of the eight letters standing for a. Copy ctrl c paste ctrl v. For example if your name is maria look for the katakana character for ma which is マ then the character for ri which is リ and then character for a which is ア. For example the katakana for woman is written as u man ウーマン.
Add the sign to type a small katakana. It is easier to read than the kanji. A i u e o tsu or q type â î û ê ô for the long vowels or type the underscore after the vowel. Katakana and hiragana are both syllabaries. Posted on october 10 2017 by sakura.
There are two pairs of japanese katakana characters that are probably the most confusing for japanese language students. The second pair is ソ so and ン n. The characters ヰ wi and ヱ we are obsoletes. Notice that there is no wu sound. In a syllabary each symbol stands for a syllable.