Japanese 1B | 1.

2 Blank Katakana Charts Assignment

The parentheses ( ) and the slash symbols / / contains Romaji writing. The parentheses indicate the key strokes to type the Katakana.
The slash indicates the sound of the Katakana. The shape listed below the hiragana syllable is the katakana syllable for the sound.
Katakana Chart 1: Basic Katakana Shapes and Sounds
n w r y m h n t s k  -

(nn) /n/
i
(chi) (shi or si)
/chi/ /shi/
(i) /i/ (i) /i/
u
(tsu or tu)
/tsu/
(u) /u/ (fu or
hu) /hu/
e

(e)　/e/ (e) /e/

o

(wo) /o/

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 Katakana Chart 2: Katakanaa with Voiced and Semi-Voiced Sounds

The groups of k, s, t and p change their sounds to noisy sounds when coupled with the two dashes. K changes to G sound, S changes
to Z sound, T changes to D sound, and H changes to B sound. The h group changes the sound to P sound when coupled with a small
circle symbol.

p b d z g

(di) /ji/ (ji or zi) /ji/　

u

(du) /zu/ /zu/

e

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 Katakana Chart 3: Combination Katakana Sound
Notice in the combination syllables, the second syllable in the combination should be always written smaller. There are no katakana
syllables in the boxes with two dashes (--).
ry py by hy my ny ch j sh gy ky
a

(rya) (pya) (bya) (hya) (mya) (nya) (cha) (ja or jya) (sha) (gya) (kya)
/rya/ /bya/
/pyu/ /hya/ /nya/ /cha/ /ja/ /sha/ /gya/ /kya/
/mya/
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- 　-- -- -- -- i
u

(ryu) (pyu) (byu) (hyu) (nyu) (chu) (ju or jyu) (shu) (gyu) (kyu)
(myu)
/ryu/ /byu/ /hyu/ /chu/ /ju/
/pyu/ /nyu/ /shu/ /gya/ /kyu/
/myu/
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- e

(ryo) (pyo) (byo) (hyo) (myo) (nyo) (cho) (jo or jyo) (sho) (gyo) (kyo)
/ryo/ /byo/ /hyo/ /myo/ /nyo/ /cho/
/pyo/ /jo/ /sho/ /gyo/ /kyo/

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