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katagana

katagana is the archaic form of katakana.

Meaning of katakana

Noun

katakana (countable and uncountable, plural katakana or katakanas)

  1. (uncountable) A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, onomatopoeia, or to emphasize a word or phrase. Also used to write the Ainu language.
  2. A character thereof.

Forms of katagana

pluralkataganas
pluralkatagana

Questions about katagana

What is katagana the archaic form of?
Katagana is the archaic form of katakana.

Words near katagana in the dictionary

  1. katadicrotism
  2. katadromous
  3. kataegis
  4. katafront
  5. katafronts
  6. katagana
  7. katagelast
  8. katagelastic
  9. katagelasticism
  10. katagelasticist
  11. katagelasticists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: katagana (page history and authors); katakana (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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