片仮名

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
片	仮	名
かた Grade: 6	か Grade: 5	な Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
片假名 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 片 (kata, “part”) +‎ 仮名 (kana). 片 is in turn a cognate with 方 (kata).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かたかな [kàtákáꜜnà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
(Tokyo) かたかな [kàtáꜜkànà] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][3]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ta̠ka̠na̠]

Noun

片(かた)仮(か)名(な) • (katakana)

Katakana, a set of Japanese syllabary characters, secondary to hiragana, derived from portions of Chinese characters whose sounds approximate the Japanese sound being represented. Chiefly thought of as being used for loanwords (cf. カタカナ語 (“loanword”, literally “katakana word”)), it has a number of other uses too, complementing hiragana; see Katakana#Usage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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