Appendix:Katakana script

This appendix explains characters written in the Katakana script.

Collation

The gojūon table

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.

Iroha ordering system

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

Katakana characters with diacritics

Additional characters with diacritics

Additional characters with diacritics (Part 2)

Small forms

These are katakana characters written in small size. They often serve functions different from those of their normal-size counterparts.

Additional symbols

ーヽヾヿ

Origins of the characters

See Appendix:Japanese script.

Unicode