Appendix:Katakana script
Collation
<small>మార్చు</small>The gojūon table
<small>మార్చు</small>The table below shows the gojūon table with all katakana characters, except alternative versions such as small characters or with diacritics, as they are most commonly organized.
Katakana gojūon table | |||||
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Row A (ア段) |
Row I (イ段) |
Row U (ウ段) |
Row E (エ段) |
Row O (オ段) | |
Section A (ア行) | ア | イ | ウ | エ | オ |
Section KA (カ行) | カ | キ | ク | ケ | コ |
Section SA (サ行) | サ | シ | ス | セ | ソ |
Section TA (タ行) | タ | チ | ツ | テ | ト |
Section NA (ナ行) | ナ | ニ | ヌ | ネ | ノ |
Section HA (ハ行) | ハ | ヒ | フ | ヘ | ホ |
Section MA (マ行) | マ | ミ | ム | メ | モ |
Section YA (ヤ行) | ヤ | ユ | ヨ | ||
Section RA (ラ行) | ラ | リ | ル | レ | ロ |
Section WA (ワ行) | ワ | ヰ | ヱ | ヲ | |
ン |
Iroha ordering system
<small>మార్చు</small>Another ordering system is the iroha, based on a Japanese poem that, if written in katakana, each character appears exactly once, similarly to a pangram:
イロハニホヘトチリヌルヲワカヨタレソツネナラムウヰノオクヤマケフコエテアサキユメミシヱヒモセス
Orthographic variations
<small>మార్చు</small>Katakana characters with diacritics
<small>మార్చు</small>ウ | カ | キ | ク | ケ | コ | サ | シ | ス | セ | ソ | タ | チ | ツ | テ | ト | ハ | ヒ | フ | ヘ | ホ | |
Dakuten | ヴ | ガ | ギ | グ | ゲ | ゴ | ザ | ジ | ズ | ゼ | ゾ | ダ | ヂ | ヅ | デ | ド | バ | ビ | ブ | ベ | ボ |
Handakuten | パ | ピ | プ | ペ | ポ |
Small forms
<small>మార్చు</small>These are katakana characters written in small size. They often serve functions different from those of their normal-size counterparts.
Normal size | ア | イ | ウ | エ | オ | カ | ク | ケ | シ | ス | ツ | ヌ | ハ | ヒ | フ | ヘ | ホ | ム | ヤ | ユ | ヨ | ワ |
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Small size | ァ | ィ | ゥ | ェ | ォ | ヵ | ㇰ | ヶ | ㇱ | ㇲ | ッ | ㇴ | ㇵ | ㇶ | ㇷ | ㇸ | ㇹ | ㇺ | ャ | ュ | ョ | ヮ |