Katakana かたかな

katakana カタカナ is one of hiragana ひらがな. Both katakana and hiragana are sometimes referred to as

Unlike the kana such as katakana is read always stay the same.

The katakana is normally used to write onomatopoeic words, to write loan-words, and to write foreign (non-Japanese) names. Sometimes it's used to write the readings of kanji in online dictionaries.

Theカタカナ is one of the three Japanese "alphabets" . It's counterpart of theひらがな. Bothandare sometimes referred to as kana かな Unlike the kanji 漢字 , whose readings may vary depending on the word, the way asuch asis read always stay the same.Theis normally used to write onomatopoeic words, to write loan-words, and to write foreign (non-Japanese) names. Sometimes it's used to write the readings ofin online dictionaries.