Template:Katakana table

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 Grey background  indicates obsolete characters.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Theoretical combinations yi, ye and wu are unused, and are shown here replaced by i, e and u.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 The characters in theoretical positions wi and we are obsolete, and are shown here alongside their modern equivalents イ (i) and エ (e). The character wo, in practice normally pronounced o, is preserved in only one use: as a particle. This is normally written in hiragana (を), so katakana ヲ sees only limited use. See Gojūon and the articles on each character for details.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 The ヂ (di) and ヅ (du) kana (often romanised as ji and zu) are primarily used for etymologic spelling, when the unvoiced equivalents チ (ti) and ツ (tu) (often romanised as chi and tsu) undergo a sound change (rendaku) and become voiced when they occur in the middle of a compound word. In other cases, the identically-pronounced ジ (ji) and ズ (zu) are used instead. ヂ (di) and ヅ (du) can never begin a word, and they are not common in katakana, since the concept of rendaku does not apply to transcribed foreign words, one of the major uses of katakana.