カタカナ (katakana)

katakana

  • JLPT N2
  • Pitch -1

Meaning

片仮名 (かたかな, katakana) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “katakana”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

名前なまえをカタカナで いてください。

Please write your name in katakana.

片仮名も平仮名に改める。

Changed katakana to hiragana.

また振り仮名は片仮名で表す。

It was accompanied by furigana (kana syllables written beside Chinese characters to aid in reading) in the form of katakana (the square form of kana or the Japanese syllabaries).〔〕

漢字片仮名平仮名交じり文で記される。

It is written in a blend of kanji, katakana, and hiragana.