Editing Katakana (section)

== Table of katakana==

This is a table of katakana together with their [[Hepburn romanization]] and rough [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] transcription for their use in Japanese. Katakana with ''dakuten'' or ''handakuten'' follow the ''gojūon'' kana without them.

Characters {{translit|ja|shi}} {{lang|ja|シ}}, {{translit|ja|tsu}} {{lang|ja|ツ}}, {{translit|ja|so}} {{lang|ja|ソ}}, and {{translit|ja|n}} {{lang|ja|ン}} look very similar in print except for the slant and stroke shape. These differences in slant and shape are more prominent when written with an [[ink brush]].

{{Katakana table}}

===Extended katakana===
Using small versions of the five vowel kana, many digraphs have been devised, mainly to represent the sounds in words of other languages. 

Digraphs with <span style="background:#fc9;">orange</span> backgrounds are the general ones used for loanwords or foreign places or names, and those with <span style="background:#9cf;">blue</span> backgrounds are used for more accurate transliterations of foreign sounds, both suggested by the [[Cabinet of Japan]]'s [[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/hakusho/nc/k19910628002/k19910628002.html|title=平成3年6月28日内閣告示第2号:外来語の表記|trans-title=Japanese cabinet order No.2 (28 June 1991):The notation of loanword|author=Cabinet of Japan|publisher=[[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology]]|access-date=25 May 2011|author-link=Cabinet of Japan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106125953/http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/hakusho/nc/k19910628002/k19910628002.html|archive-date=6 January 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> Katakana combinations with <span style="background:#eee8aa;">beige</span> backgrounds are suggested by the [[American National Standards Institute]]<ref name="ansi">{{cite web|url=http://www.ab.cyberhome.ne.jp/~kaizu/roomazi/doc/ansiz3911.html |title=米国規格(ANSI Z39.11-1972)―要約 |access-date=27 February 2016 }}{{self-published source|date=February 2016}}</ref> and the [[BSI Group|British Standards Institution]] as possible uses.<ref name="bs">{{cite web|url=http://www.ab.cyberhome.ne.jp/~kaizu/roomazi/doc/bs4812.html |title=英国規格(BS 4812 : 1972)―要約 |access-date=27 February 2016 }}{{self-published source|date=February 2016}}</ref> Ones with <span style="background:#e1a1ff;">purple</span> backgrounds appear on the 1974 version of the Hyōjun-shiki formatting.<ref name="hyouzyunC">{{cite web|url=http://www.ab.cyberhome.ne.jp/~kaizu/roomazi/doc/hyouzyunC.html |title=標準式ローマ字つづり―引用 |access-date=27 February 2016}}{{self-published source|date=February 2016}}</ref>

Pronunciations are shown in [[Hepburn romanization]].

{| border="0" style="width:80%;" cellpadding="2px" cellspacing="2px"
|
|
| -a
| -ya
| -i
| -u
| -yu
| -e
| -o
| -yo
|- style="vertical-align:center; background:#9cf; text-align:center;"
|i-
|
| colspan="2" style="background:#e9e9e9;" |
| style="background:#e1a1ff;" | {{lang|ja|イィ}} {{translit|ja|yi}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#e9e9e9;" |
| {{lang|ja|イェ}} {{translit|ja|ye}}
| colspan="2" style="background:#e9e9e9;" |
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
| rowspan="5" |u-
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" style="background:#eee8aa;" | {{lang|ja|ウァ}} {{translit|ja|wa}}{{Efn|name=rare w|group=n}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:#e9e9e9;"|{{lang|ja|ウャ}} {{translit|ja|wya}} 
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|ja|ウィ}} {{translit|ja|wi}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:#e1a1ff;" | {{lang|ja|ウゥ}} {{translit|ja|wu}}{{Efn|name=rare w|group=n}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:#eee8aa;"|{{lang|ja|ウュ}} {{translit|ja|wyu}} 
| {{lang|ja|ウェ}} {{translit|ja|we}}
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|ja|ウォ}} {{translit|ja|wo}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:#e9e9e9;" |{{lang|ja|ウョ}} {{translit|ja|wyo}} 
|- style="vertical-align:center; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
| {{lang|ja|ウィェ}} {{translit|ja|wye}}
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#9cf; text-align:center;"
| rowspan="2" |{{lang|ja|ヴ}} {{translit|ja|vu}}{{Efn|name=rare v|group=n}}
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|ja|ヴァ}} {{translit|ja|va}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:#eee8aa;"|{{lang|ja|ヴャ}} {{translit|ja|vya}} 
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|ja|ヴィ}} {{translit|ja|vi}}
| rowspan="2" | -
| rowspan="2" |{{lang|ja|ヴュ}} {{translit|ja|vyu}}
| {{lang|ja|ヴェ}} {{translit|ja|ve}}
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|ja|ヴォ}} {{translit|ja|vo}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:#eee8aa;"|{{lang|ja|ヴョ}} {{translit|ja|vyo}}{{Efn|name=usage unregulated|group=n}} 
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#eee8aa; text-align:center;"
| {{lang|ja|ヴィェ}} {{translit|ja|vye}}
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
|{{lang|ja|ウ゚}} {{translit|ja|n}}{{Efn|name=nasal u}}
| colspan="8" |
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
|ki-
| colspan="6" |
| style="background:#eee8aa;" | {{lang|ja|キェ}} {{translit|ja|kye}}{{Efn|name=usage unregulated|group=n}}
| colspan="2" |
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
|gi-
| colspan="6" |
| style="background:#eee8aa;" | {{lang|ja|ギェ}} {{translit|ja|gye}}
| colspan="2" |
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#9cf; text-align:center;"
| rowspan="2" |ku-
| rowspan="2" |
| {{lang|ja|クァ}} {{translit|ja|kwa}}
| rowspan="2" |
| {{lang|ja|クィ}} {{translit|ja|kwi}}{{Efn|name=Slavic wi|group=n}}
| style="background:#e9e9e9;" |
|
| {{lang|ja|クェ}} {{translit|ja|kwe}}
| {{lang|ja|クォ}} {{translit|ja|kwo}}
|
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#9cf; text-align:center;"
| style="background:#eee8aa;" | {{lang|ja|クヮ}} {{translit|ja|kwa}}
| colspan="6" style="background:#e9e9e9;" |
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#eee8aa; text-align:center;"
| rowspan="2" |gu-
| rowspan="2" |
| style="background:#9cf;" | {{lang|ja|グァ}} {{translit|ja|gwa}}
|
| {{lang|ja|グィ}} {{translit|ja|gwi}}{{Efn|name=Slavic wi|group=n}}{{Efn|name=usage unregulated|group=n}}
| style="background:#e9e9e9;" |
|
| {{lang|ja|グェ}} {{translit|ja|gwe}}{{Efn|name=usage unregulated|group=n}}
| {{lang|ja|グォ}} {{translit|ja|gwo}}{{Efn|name=usage unregulated|group=n}}
|
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
| style="background:#eee8aa;" | {{lang|ja|グヮ}} {{translit|ja|gwa}}
| colspan="7" |
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
|k-
|
| {{lang|ja|カ゚}} {{translit|ja|nga}}{{Efn|name=bidakuon}}
|
| {{lang|ja|キ゚}} {{translit|ja|ngi}}{{Efn|name=bidakuon}}
| {{lang|ja|ク゚}} {{translit|ja|ngu}}{{Efn|name=bidakuon}}
|
| {{lang|ja|ケ゚}} {{translit|ja|nge}}{{Efn|name=bidakuon}}
| {{lang|ja|コ゚}} {{translit|ja|ngo}}{{Efn|name=bidakuon}}
|
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
|shi-
| colspan="6" |
| style="background:#fc9;" | {{lang|ja|シェ}} {{translit|ja|she}}
| colspan="2" |
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
|chi-
| colspan="6" |
| style="background:#fc9;" | {{lang|ja|チェ}} {{translit|ja|che}}
| colspan="2" |
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
|ji-
| colspan="6" |
| style="background:#fc9;" | {{lang|ja|ジェ}} {{translit|ja|je}}
| colspan="2" |
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
|dji-
| colspan="6" |
| style="background:#e1a1ff;" | {{lang|ja|ヂェ}} {{translit|ja|je}}
| colspan="2" |
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
|su-
| colspan="3" |
| style="background:#e1a1ff;" | {{lang|ja|スィ}} {{translit|ja|si}}{{Efn|name=usage unregulated|group=n}}
| colspan="5" |
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#fc9; text-align:center;"
| rowspan="2" |tsu-
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|ja|ツァ}} {{translit|ja|tsa}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:#e9e9e9;" |{{lang|ja|ツャ}} {{translit|ja|tsya}} 
| rowspan="2" style="background:#9cf;" | {{lang|ja|ツィ}} {{translit|ja|tsi}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:#e9e9e9;" |
| rowspan="2" style="background:#eee8aa;"|{{lang|ja|ツュ}} {{translit|ja|tsyu}} 
| {{lang|ja|ツェ}} {{translit|ja|tse}}
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|ja|ツォ}} {{translit|ja|tso}}
| rowspan="2"style="background:#e9e9e9;"  |{{lang|ja|ツョ}} {{translit|ja|tsyo}} 
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
| {{lang|ja|ツィェ}} {{translit|ja|tsye}}
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
|zu-
| colspan="3" |
| style="background:#e1a1ff;" | {{lang|ja|ズィ}} {{translit|ja|zi}}{{Efn|name=usage unregulated|group=n}}
| colspan="5" |
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
| rowspan="2" |dzu-
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|ja|ヅァ}} {{translit|ja|za}}
| rowspan="2" |{{lang|ja|ヅャ}} {{translit|ja|zya}}
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|ja|ヅィ}} {{translit|ja|zi}}
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |{{lang|ja|ヅュ}} {{translit|ja|zyu}}
| {{lang|ja|ヅェ}} {{translit|ja|ze}}
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|ja|ヅォ}} {{translit|ja|zo}}
| rowspan="2" |{{lang|ja|ヅョ}} {{translit|ja|zyo}}
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
| {{lang|ja|ヅィェ}} {{translit|ja|zye}}
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7f5de; text-align:center;"
|te-
|
| style="background:#e9e9e9;" |
|
| style="background:#fc9;" | {{lang|ja|ティ}} {{translit|ja|ti}}
| style="background:#9cf;" |
|style="background:#99CCFF;"|{{lang|ja|テュ}} {{translit|ja|tyu}} 
| colspan="2" style="background:#e9e9e9;" |
|
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#9cf; text-align:center;"
|to-
|
| style="background:#e9e9e9;" |
|
| style="background:#e9e9e9;" | {{lang|ja|トィ}} {{translit|ja|twi}}{{Efn|name=Slavic wi|group=n}}
| {{lang|ja|トゥ}} {{translit|ja|tu}}
|
| colspan="2" style="background:#e9e9e9;" |
|
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7f5de; text-align:center;"
|de-
|
| style="background:#e9e9e9;" |
|
| style="background:#fc9;" | {{lang|ja|ディ}} {{translit|ja|di}}
| style="background:#9cf;" |
|style="background:#fc9;"|{{lang|ja|デュ}} {{translit|ja|dyu}} 
| colspan="2" style="background:#e9e9e9;" |
|
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#fc9; text-align:center;"
|do-
|
| style="background:#e9e9e9;" |
|
| style="background:#e9e9e9;" | {{lang|ja|ドィ}} {{translit|ja|dwi}}{{Efn|name=Slavic wi|group=n}}
| style="background:#99CCFF;" |{{lang|ja|ドゥ}} {{translit|ja|du}} 
|
| colspan="2" style="background:#e9e9e9;" |
|
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
|ni-
nu-
|
|
|
| {{lang|ja|ヌィ}} {{translit|ja|nwi}}{{Efn|name=Slavic wi|group=n}}
|
|
| style="background:#eee8aa;" | {{lang|ja|ニェ}} {{translit|ja|nye}}{{Efn|name=usage unregulated|group=n}}
|
|
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
| rowspan="3" |hi-
| rowspan="3" |
| colspan="5" |
| style="background:#eee8aa;" | {{lang|ja|ヒェ}} {{translit|ja|hye}}{{Efn|name=usage unregulated|group=n}}
| colspan="2" |
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
|
|
|
|
|
| style="background:#eee8aa;" | {{lang|ja|ビェ}} {{translit|ja|bye}}
|
|
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
|
|
|
|
|
| style="background:#eee8aa;" | {{lang|ja|ピェ}} {{translit|ja|pye}}
|
|
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#fc9; text-align:center;"
| rowspan="4" |fu-
| rowspan="4" |
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|ja|ファ}} {{translit|ja|fa}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:#eee8aa;"|{{lang|ja|フャ}} {{translit|ja|fya}} 
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|ja|フィ}} {{translit|ja|fi}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:#e9e9e9;" |
| rowspan="2" style="background:#99CCFF;"|{{lang|ja|フュ}} {{translit|ja|fyu}} 
| {{lang|ja|フェ}} {{translit|ja|fe}}
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|ja|フォ}} {{translit|ja|fo}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:#eee8aa;" |{{lang|ja|フョ}} {{translit|ja|fyo}}{{Efn|name=usage unregulated|group=n}} 
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#eee8aa; text-align:center;"
| {{lang|ja|フィェ}} {{translit|ja|fye}}
|-
|
|
|style="background:#e9e9e9;" |{{lang|ja|ブィ}} {{translit|ja|bwi}}{{Efn|name=Slavic wi|group=n}} 
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|
|
|style="background:#e9e9e9;" |{{lang|ja|プィ}} {{translit|ja|pwi}}{{Efn|name=Slavic wi|group=n}} 
|
|
|
|
|
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
|
|
| colspan="3" |
| style="background:#e1a1ff;" | {{lang|ja|ホゥ}} {{translit|ja|hu}}
|
| colspan="2" |
|
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
|mi-
mu-
|
|
|
| {{lang|ja|ムィ}} {{translit|ja|mwi}}{{Efn|name=Slavic wi|group=n}}
|
|
| style="background:#eee8aa;" | {{lang|ja|ミェ}} {{translit|ja|mye}}
|
|
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
|ri-
ru-
|
|
|
| {{lang|ja|ルィ}} {{translit|ja|rwi}}{{Efn|name=Slavic wi|group=n}}
|
|
| style="background:#eee8aa;" | {{lang|ja|リェ}} {{translit|ja|rye}}
|
|
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e1a1ff; text-align:center;"
|r-
|
| {{lang|ja|ラ゚}} {{translit|ja|la}}{{Efn|name=rare l|group=n}}
|
| {{lang|ja|リ゚}} {{translit|ja|li}}{{Efn|name=rare l|group=n}}
| {{lang|ja|ル゚}} {{translit|ja|lu}}{{Efn|name=rare l|group=n}}
|
| {{lang|ja|レ゚}} {{translit|ja|le}}{{Efn|name=rare l|group=n}}
| {{lang|ja|ロ゚}} {{translit|ja|lo}}{{Efn|name=rare l|group=n}}
|
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;"
|ri-
|
| {{lang|ja|リ゚ャ}} {{translit|ja|lya}}{{Efn|name=rare l|group=n}}
|
|
| {{lang|ja|リ゚ュ}} {{translit|ja|lyu}}{{Efn|name=rare l|group=n}}
|
| {{lang|ja|リ゚ェ}} {{translit|ja|lye}}{{Efn|name=rare l|group=n}}
| {{lang|ja|リ゚ョ}} {{translit|ja|lyo}}{{Efn|name=rare l|group=n}}
|
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#eee8aa; text-align:center;"
|w-
|
| {{lang|ja|ヷ}} {{translit|ja|va}}{{Efn|name=obsolete|group=n|Obsolete in modern Japanese and very rarely used.{{refn|name=usage1946|{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~lf4a-okjm/genkan21.htm |script-title=ja:昭和21年内閣告示第33号 「現代かなづかい」 |trans-title=Japanese Cabinet Order No.33 in 1946 – Modern kana usage |date=16 November 1946 |author=Cabinet of Japan |language=ja |access-date=25 May 2011 |author-link=Cabinet of Japan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011006222929/http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~lf4a-okjm/genkan21.htm |archive-date=6 October 2001}}}}{{refn|name=usage1986|{{cite web|url=http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/hakusho/nc/t19860701002/t19860701002.html|script-title=ja:昭和61年内閣告示第1号 「現代仮名遣い」|trans-title=Japanese Cabinet Order No.1 in 1986 – Modern kana usage|date=1 July 1986|author=Cabinet of Japan|publisher=[[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology]]|language=ja|access-date=25 May 2011|author-link=Cabinet of Japan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524004651/http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/hakusho/nc/t19860701002/t19860701002.html|archive-date=24 May 2011|url-status=dead}}}}}}
|
| {{lang|ja|ヸ}} {{translit|ja|vi}}{{Efn|name=obsolete|group=n}}
| style="background:#e9e9e9;" |
|
| {{lang|ja|ヹ}} {{translit|ja|ve}}{{Efn|name=obsolete|group=n}}
| {{lang|ja|ヺ}} {{translit|ja|vo}}{{Efn|name=obsolete|group=n}}
|
|}

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{{efn|name=rare w|The use of {{lang|ja|ウ}} in these two cases to represent {{translit|ja|w}} is rare in modern Japanese except for Internet slang and customary transcription of the Latin sound {{IPA|[w]}} into katakana. E.g.: {{lang|ja|[[w:ja:ミネルウァ|ミネル'''ウァ''']]|nocat=1}} ({{translit|ja|Mineru'''wa'''}} "[[Minerva]]", from Latin {{lang|la|MINER'''VA'''}} {{IPA|[mɪˈnɛr'''wa''']}}); {{lang|ja|[[w:ja:ウゥルカーヌス|'''ウゥ'''ルカーヌス]]|nocat=1}} ('''''Wu'''rukānusu'' "[[Vulcan (mythology)|Vulcan]]", from Latin {{lang|la|'''VV'''LCANVS}}, {{lang|la|'''Vu'''lcānus}} {{IPA|['''wʊ'''lˈkaːnʊs]}}). The {{translit|ja|wa}}-type of foreign sounds (as in ''watt'' or ''white'') is usually transcribed to {{lang|ja|ワ}} ({{translit|ja|wa}}), while the {{translit|ja|wu}}-type (as in ''wood'' or ''woman'') is usually to {{lang|ja|ウ}} ({{translit|ja|u}}) or {{lang|ja|ウー}} ({{translit|ja|ū}}).}}

{{efn|name=rare v|{{lang|ja|ヴ}} has a rarely-used [[hiragana]] form in {{lang|ja|ゔ}} that is also {{translit|ja|vu}} in Hepburn romanization systems.}}

{{efn|name=usage unregulated|Mentioned in Note 1 {{nihongo2|「留意事項その1」}} of 1991 Cabinet Order No. 2 as examples of other "usage unregulated" by the guidelines.}}

{{efn|name=nasal u|Prescribed by {{nihongo2|「文部省制定 發音符號」}}, published by the Japanese Ministry of Education in 1944, as a way to transcribe initial {{lang|ja|ウ}} ({{translit|ja|u}}) when pronounced nasally. For example, {{lang|ja|ウ゚マイ}} ({{translit|ja|nmai}}) as a transcription of {{lang|ja|うまい}} ({{translit|ja|umai}}). Usually, {{lang|ja|ン}} ({{translit|ja|n}}) is used for this purpose instead, as in {{lang|ja|ンマイ}} ({{translit|ja|nmai}}).}}

{{efn|name=bidakuon|Sometimes used in Japanese linguistics to transcribe the {{ill|bidakuon|lt=''bidakuon''|ja|鼻濁音}} {{IPA|[ŋ]}} initial.}}

{{efn|name=rare l|Sometimes used in Japanese linguistics to mark an explicit {{IPA|[l]}} sound.}}

{{efn|name=Slavic wi|Employed in the transcription of [[Palatalization_(phonetics)#Slavic_languages|hard consonants]] + ''i'' in Slavic languages.}}
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