Introducing (Katakana)

September 2001

After my mail exchanges with Mr. Takaya Satoshi from Kyoto (Japan), he send me a little "guide / reference" to understand Katakana set (one of 2 most diffuses Jpanese character sets). I think this is a good refenrece, so I decided to realize this little page. Thanks a lot to Takaya! :)

Mr. Satoshi have a good site that you can visit:

http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown-Knight/8405/

...ok let's go!

Gianluca Panebianco

Tutorial - Introduction to Katakana - table 1

This is the set of fundamental katakana.
A consonant always expresses one sound with a vowel sound. For example "

" - ka
Exceptionally "

" is expressed only "n".

Tutorial - Introduction to Katakana - table 2

If a voiced consonant mark and a p-sound mark are attached to the upper right, sound will change.

Tutorial - Introduction to Katakana - table 3

There are some small characters. Table- 3 is the table of the sound made combining it.

Tutorial - Introduction to Katakana - table 4

Table-4 too. Although a small character -"

" is used else,
it does not express a certain specific sound. "

"is a sign .
For example, " backup "-

, it is used such .
And else there is the sign with which does not expresses a specific sound - "

"
It is a sign "Extend sound". For example "Download"-