Katakana
symbols are more sharp and angular than Hiragana
symbols.
Katakana symbols are also said 'partial character'
which means the character is a part of Kanji character.
Like
Hiragana scripts, Katakana scripts are the same
set of sounds and called "Phonetic Alphabetic"
which has got 46 basic Katakana symbols.
Take a look at the exmaple above.
These are the first 5 characters(a, i, u, e, o)
both in Katakana and Hiragana.
However,
the use of Katakana is totally different to other
2 scritps.
Katakana is often used for representing non-Japanese
words:
-
non-Japanese names: Japanese people often
use Katakana script to write non-Japanese names.
If you go to a Mcdonalds in Japan, you will see
its names written by using Katakana scripts.
- Words
introduced into Japanese Language from other langauge:
words such as Stereo can be written with Katakana
scripts.
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45 Katakana Chart
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