Source Word
片仮名
Hiragana
かたかな
Noun
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
Japanese Meaning
カタカナは、ひらがなに次ぐ日本語の音節文字で、表される日本語の音に近い音を持つ漢字の一部から派生したものです。主に外来語（「カタカナ語」を参照）を表すのに使われると考えられていますが、ひらがなを補完する他の用途も数多くあります。Wikipediaの「カタカナ#用法」を参照してください。
Easy Japanese Meaning
にほんのもじのひとつ。ほかのくにからきたことばなどにつかう。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
日语音节文字的一种，源自汉字部件，主要用于书写外来语。 / 与平假名并用的假名体系，用于人名、地名、拟声拟态、强调等。
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
日語的片假名音節文字，源自漢字部分 / 用於書寫外來語、擬聲擬態語與強調等用途 / 與平假名互補使用的日文書寫系統之一
Korean Meaning
일본어 음절 문자 체계의 하나인 가타카나 / 주로 외래어·의성어 표기에 쓰이는 문자 / 한자의 일부 형태에서 유래한 문자
Indonesian
katakana; salah satu aksara silabis Jepang / aksara Jepang yang terutama dipakai untuk kata serapan dan penekanan / sistem penulisan yang berasal dari komponen kanji, melengkapi hiragana
Vietnamese Meaning
chữ Katakana (hệ chữ kana của tiếng Nhật, thường dùng cho từ vay mượn) / bộ chữ âm tiết tiếng Nhật, bổ trợ hiragana; tạo từ các phần của chữ Hán
Tagalog Meaning
isang set ng pantigang karakter sa wikang Hapones / kadalasang ginagamit para sa hiram na salita; katuwang ng hiragana
Sense（1）
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
（ canonical ）
（ kyūjitai ）
（ hiragana ）
