Japanese Syllabary

The Katakana chart

Katakana is the angular Japanese syllabary used for loanwords, foreign names, and emphasis. Learn all 70 katakana — basic, dakuten, and handakuten — with romaji, mnemonics, and audio. Tap any character for its dedicated page with romaji and a memory mnemonic.

Practice katakana interactively

Drill katakana with typing, recognition, look-alike trainers, and arcade games — all free, in the yomion app.

Practice katakana