Katakana
(
片?名
、
カタカナ
) imwe mhando ye mabhi e
Chijapani
, imwe mhango yekunyoresa senge
Hiragana
,
Kanji
uye mune zvimwe zviitiko mabhi e
Chiratini
anonzi
r?maji
. Izwi rekuti
katakana
rinoreva "kupatsanurana
kana
", sezvo mabhi ekatakana achitorwa kubva kuzvinhu kana zvidimbu zveKanji yakaoma. Katakana uye hiragana zvese kana dandira (
system
). Mabhi eChijapani anomirirwa ne
bhii
kana
kana
mudandira pacharo. Kana imwe ne imwe inomirira
nzvovera
senge "
a
" (muKatakana ndi ア); senge Chishona, muChijapani nzvanyira rinoteverwa nenzvanyira senge "
ka
" (muKatakana ndi カ). Asi Chijapani chaka siyana ne Chishona nekuti chine mashoko anopera ne ma
nzvanyira
, senge "
n
" (muKatakana ndi ン), uye i-
nasal sonorant
zvichienderana ne
context
, anonzwika senge mabhi eChingezi
m
,
n
kana
ng
(n') akafanana ne manzvovera ari
nasal
e
Chiputukezi
kana
Chigarisiya
(
Galician
).
