Appendix:Katakana script

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This appendix explains characters written in the Katakana script.

Katakana script languages

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.

Katakana gojūon table
Row A
(ア段) 		Row I
(イ段) 		Row U
(ウ段) 		Row E
(エ段) 		Row O
(オ段)
Section A (ア行) ア イ ウ エ オ
Section KA (カ行) カ キ ク ケ コ
Section SA (サ行) サ シ ス セ ソ
Section TA (タ行) タ チ ツ テ ト
Section NA (ナ行) ナ ニ ヌ ネ ノ
Section HA (ハ行) ハ ヒ フ ヘ ホ
Section MA (マ行) マ ミ ム メ モ
Section YA (ヤ行) ヤ ユ ヨ
Section RA (ラ行) ラ リ ル レ ロ
Section WA (ワ行) ワ ヰ ヱ ヲ
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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

Section WA ワ ヰ ヱ ヲ
Dakuten ("VA") ヷ ヸ ヹ ヺ

Additional characters with diacritics (Part 2)

Section RA ラ リ ル レ ロ
Handakuten ("LA") ラ゚ リ゚ ル゚ レ゚ ロ゚

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

Katakana script
Unicode.org chart: Katakana (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+30Ax ゠ ァ ア ィ イ ゥ ウ ェ エ ォ オ カ ガ キ ギ ク
U+30Bx グ ケ ゲ コ ゴ サ ザ シ ジ ス ズ セ ゼ ソ ゾ タ
U+30Cx ダ チ ヂ ッ ツ ヅ テ デ ト ド ナ ニ ヌ ネ ノ ハ
U+30Dx バ パ ヒ ビ ピ フ ブ プ ヘ ベ ペ ホ ボ ポ マ ミ
U+30Ex ム メ モ ャ ヤ ュ ユ ョ ヨ ラ リ ル レ ロ ヮ ワ
U+30Fx ヰ ヱ ヲ ン ヴ ヵ ヶ ヷ ヸ ヹ ヺ ・ ー ヽ ヾ ヿ
Katakana script
Unicode.org chart: Katakana Phonetic Extensions (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+31Fx ㇰ ㇱ ㇲ ㇳ ㇴ ㇵ ㇶ ㇷ ㇸ ㇹ ㇺ ㇻ ㇼ ㇽ ㇾ ㇿ
Katakana script (halfwidth)
Unicode.org chart: Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+FF6x ｠ ｡ ｢ ｣ ､ ･ ｦ ｧ ｨ ｩ ｪ ｫ ｬ ｭ ｮ ｯ
U+FF7x ｰ ｱ ｲ ｳ ｴ ｵ ｶ ｷ ｸ ｹ ｺ ｻ ｼ ｽ ｾ ｿ
U+FF8x ﾀ ﾁ ﾂ ﾃ ﾄ ﾅ ﾆ ﾇ ﾈ ﾉ ﾊ ﾋ ﾌ ﾍ ﾎ ﾏ
U+FF9x ﾐ ﾑ ﾒ ﾓ ﾔ ﾕ ﾖ ﾗ ﾘ ﾙ ﾚ ﾛ ﾜ ﾝ ﾞ ﾟ
Katakana script (enclosed)
Unicode.org chart: Enclosed CJK Letters and Months (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+32Dx ㋐ ㋑ ㋒ ㋓ ㋔ ㋕ ㋖ ㋗ ㋘ ㋙ ㋚ ㋛ ㋜ ㋝ ㋞ ㋟
U+32Ex ㋠ ㋡ ㋢ ㋣ ㋤ ㋥ ㋦ ㋧ ㋨ ㋩ ㋪ ㋫ ㋬ ㋭ ㋮ ㋯
U+32Fx ㋰ ㋱ ㋲ ㋳ ㋴ ㋵ ㋶ ㋷ ㋸ ㋹ ㋺ ㋻ ㋼ ㋽ ㋾  
Katakana script (words written in katakana)
Unicode.org chart: CJK Compatibility (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+330x ㌀ ㌁ ㌂ ㌃ ㌄ ㌅ ㌆ ㌇ ㌈ ㌉ ㌊ ㌋ ㌌ ㌍ ㌎ ㌏
U+331x ㌐ ㌑ ㌒ ㌓ ㌔ ㌕ ㌖ ㌗ ㌘ ㌙ ㌚ ㌛ ㌜ ㌝ ㌞ ㌟
U+332x ㌠ ㌡ ㌢ ㌣ ㌤ ㌥ ㌦ ㌧ ㌨ ㌩ ㌪ ㌫ ㌬ ㌭ ㌮ ㌯
U+333x ㌰ ㌱ ㌲ ㌳ ㌴ ㌵ ㌶ ㌷ ㌸ ㌹ ㌺ ㌻ ㌼ ㌽ ㌾ ㌿
U+334x ㍀ ㍁ ㍂ ㍃ ㍄ ㍅ ㍆ ㍇ ㍈ ㍉ ㍊ ㍋ ㍌ ㍍ ㍎ ㍏
U+335x ㍐ ㍑ ㍒ ㍓ ㍔ ㍕ ㍖ ㍗                
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