カタカナ

• 読み: カタカナ
• ローマ字: katakana
• 漢字の分解: 片 (kata/hen) — fragment, partial; 仮 (ka/kari) — temporary, borrowed; 名 (na/mei) — name
• 発音: /ka.ta.ka.na/

意味

Katakana. The angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords, foreign names, onomatopoeia, and emphasis.

A noun referring to one of Japan's three writing systems. Katakana also has 46 basic characters and is used for words borrowed from other languages (外来語), foreign names, scientific terms, onomatopoeia, and for emphasis similar to italics in English. Learning katakana alongside hiragana is essential for beginners.

例文

1. カタカナでコーヒーと書きます。
2. 外国の名前はカタカナで書きます。
3. カタカナは外来語に使います。

使い方ガイド

場面: language learning, writing, loanwords

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Literally 'fragmentary kana,' from 片 (kata, fragment/partial) and 仮名 (kana, borrowed characters). Developed by Buddhist monks in the 9th century who extracted parts of kanji to create a shorthand for annotating Chinese texts.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal