Learn Katakana
Chapters
Meet Katakana
The sounds you know in new shapes, and the bar that makes a vowel long.
Katakana: The Vowels
Four more vowels; you already have ウ.
Katakana: The K Row
Four K sounds; you already have カ.
Katakana: S and T Rows
Angular shapes for familiar sounds.
Katakana: T and N Rows
One more T sound, then four from the N row.
Katakana: N and H Rows
The last N shape, and four H sounds.
Katakana: M and Y Rows
Two more M sounds, and the last two from the Y row.
Katakana: R and W Rows
Three more R sounds, and one from the W row.
シ, ツ, ソ and ン
Four katakana that look almost the same.
What Katakana Is For
Where each script shows up in real Japanese.