How To Write Katakana

For example if your name is maria look for the katakana character for ma which is マ then the character for ri which is リ and then character for a which is ア.
How to write katakana. There are no spaces in japanese so kanji helps distinguish when a new word begins. The following diagram shows how to write katakana characters ア a イ i ウ u エ e and オ o in the correct order and strokes. Kanji 漢字 are adopted chinese characters used in modern japanese writing. To write your name in japanese the easiest way is to find a katakana letter that corresponds to the pronunciation of your japanese name. Once the 46 katakana symbols have been learned the reader knows how to pronounce them.
Notice that there is no wu sound. How to write katakana. First things first japanese uses three main scripts or alphabets. Katakana is a japanese script used for writing words borrowed from other languages.
In a syllabary each symbol stands for a syllable. Write katakana in the a line. The second pair is ソ so and ン n. The characters ヰ wi and ヱ we are obsoletes. There are two pairs of japanese katakana characters that are probably the most confusing for japanese language students.
The first pair is シ shi and ツ tsu. It is easier to read than the kanji. Robot speech as in when you write out text for robots talking for various stylistic purposes. Often used for onomatopoeia. Hiragana katakana and kanji.
Write katakana in the ka line. In english we write wagamama. Each of the eight letters standing for a. To type directly with the computer keyboard. Add the sign to type a small katakana.