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Usage
There are several optional parameters, default values – which are shown below – should be fine for the katakana article, but probably not for others.
Colors
If an article does not need to distinguish certain groups visually their colors can be set to the same value, e.g.: {{katakana table|obsolete color=#EFFAFA}} (same as normal color).
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|normal color=#EFFAFA -
|yoon color=#F3F5DE -
|obsolete color=#E9E9E9 -
|gojuon header color=#BECFEB -
|yoon header color=#D4D4D4
Table entries
When the emphasis on unused or obsolete characters is inadequate, these parameters can be set to the empty string (or changed as needed): {{katakana table|unused=|unused text=|obsolete=|obsolete text=|etymologic=|etymologic text=|legend=}}
|legend= Grey background indicates obsolete characters.
|yi=<big>イ</big>{{{unused|…}}}<br>i|ye=<big>エ</big>{{{unused|…}}}<br>e|wu=<big>ウ</big>{{{unused|…}}}<br>u|unused=<ref name="unused" group="n" />|unused text=<ref name="unused">Theoretical combinations ''yi'', ''ye'' and ''wu'' are unused, and are shown here replaced by ''i'', ''e'' and''u''.</ref>
|wi=[[Wi (kana)|<big>ヰ</big>]]/<big>イ</big>{{{obsolete|…}}}<br>wi/i {{IPA-ja|i|}}|we=[[We (kana)|<big>ヱ</big>]]/<big>エ</big>{{{obsolete|…}}}<br>we/e {{IPA-ja|e|}}|wo=<big>[[Wo (kana)|ヲ]]</big>{{{obsolete|…}}}<br>wo/o {{IPA-ja|o|}}|obsolete=<ref name="obsolete" group="n" />|obsolete text=<ref name="obsolete">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.</ref>
di, du, dya, dyu, dyo
|etymologic=<ref name="etymologic spelling" group="n" />|etymologic text=<ref name="etymologic spelling">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.</ref>
Other table entries
|n=<big>[[N (kana)|ン]]</big><br>n {{IPA-ja|n|}} {{IPA-ja|m|}} {{IPA-ja|ŋ|}} before stop consonants;<br>n{{IPA-ja|ɴ|}} {{IPA-ja|ũ͍|}}{{IPA-ja|ĩ|}} elsewhere|sokuon=<big>[[Sokuon|ッ]]</big><br>(indicates a [[geminate]]<br>consonant)|choonpu=<big>[[Chōonpu|ー]]</big><br>(indicates<br>a long vowel)|iteration mark=<big>[[ヽ]]</big><br>(reduplicates and<br>unvoices syllable)|voiced iteration mark=<big>[[ヾ]]</big><br>(reduplicates and<br>voices syllable)
See also
{{kana table}}