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Katakana (片仮名、カタカナ, IPA: [katakaꜜna, kataꜜkana]) is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, [2] kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived from components or fragments of more ...
Katakana is a Unicode block containing katakana characters for the Japanese and Ainu languages. Block. Katakana Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) ...
The character originated as a cursive form of ト, the top component of 占 (as in 占める shimeru), and was then applied to other kanji of the same pronunciation. See ryakuji for similar abbreviations. This character is also commonly used in regards to sushi. In this context, it refers that the sushi is pickled, and it is still pronounced shime.
The katakana form has become increasingly popular as an emoticon in the Western world due to its resemblance to a smiling face. This character may be combined with a dakuten , forming じ in hiragana, ジ in katakana, and ji in Hepburn romanization ; the pronunciation becomes /zi/ (phonetically [d͡ʑi] or [ʑi] in the middle of words).
よ, in hiragana or ヨ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is made in two strokes, while the katakana in three. Both represent [jo]. When small and preceded by an -i kana, this kana represents a palatalization of the preceding consonant sound with the [o] vowel (see yōon). [1]
Character information Preview く ク ｸ ㇰ ㋗ Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER KU KATAKANA LETTER KU HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER KU KATAKANA LETTER SMALL KU CIRCLED KATAKANA KU Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex Unicode: 12367: U+304F: 12463: U+30AF: 65400: U+FF78: 12784: U+31F0: 13015: U+32D7 UTF-8: 227 129 143: E3 81 8F: 227 ...
The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana.Kana itself consists of a pair of syllabaries: hiragana, used primarily for native or naturalized Japanese words and grammatical elements; and katakana, used primarily for foreign words and names, loanwords, onomatopoeia, scientific names, and sometimes for emphasis.
Character information Preview め メ ﾒ ㋱ Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER ME KATAKANA LETTER ME HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER ME CIRCLED KATAKANA ME Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex Unicode: 12417: U+3081: 12513: U+30E1: 65426: U+FF92: 13041: U+32F1 UTF-8: 227 130 129: E3 82 81: 227 131 161: E3 83 A1: 239 190 146: EF BE 92: 227 139 ...