Katakana

Katakana (片仮名、カタカナ, IPA: [katakaꜜna, kataꜜkana]) inggih punika silabel Jepang, silih sinunggil komponén sistem panyuratan Jepang sinarengan hiragana,^[1] kanji lan makudang kasus aksara Latin (kaloktah dados rōmaji).

1. ↑ Roy Andrew Miller (1966) A Japanese Reader: Graded Lessons in the Modern Language, Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Tokyo, Japan, p. 28, Lesson 7: Katakana: a—no. "Side by side with hiragana, modern Japanese writing makes use of another complete set of similar symbols called the katakana."