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KATAKANA / CHART
Katakana chart to print.
Every katakana character with its romaji, on two pages: the 46 basic characters, then the marks and blended sounds. Free to print for yourself or your class.
Tap the letter at the start of a row (k, s, t …) to open the lesson for that row.
Katakana chart
The 46 basic characters
| a | i | u | e | o | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | アa | イi | ウu | エe | オo |
| k | カka | キki | クku | ケke | コko |
| s | サsa | シshi | スsu | セse | ソso |
| t | タta | チchi | ツtsu | テte | トto |
| n | ナna | ニni | ヌnu | ネne | ノno |
| h | ハha | ヒhi | フfu | ヘhe | ホho |
| m | マma | ミmi | ムmu | メme | モmo |
| y | ヤya | | ユyu | | ヨyo |
| r | ラra | リri | ルru | レre | ロro |
| w | ワwa | ヲwo | |||
| n | ンn |
ヲ is written “wo” but said “o”. Read each row left to right: a, i, u, e, o.
Katakana chart
Marks and blended sounds
| a | i | u | e | o | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g | ガga | ギgi | グgu | ゲge | ゴgo |
| z | ザza | ジji | ズzu | ゼze | ゾzo |
| d | ダda | ヂji | ヅzu | デde | ドdo |
| b | バba | ビbi | ブbu | ベbe | ボbo |
| p | パpa | ピpi | プpu | ペpe | ポpo |
ッSmall ッ marks a brief pause before the next consonant. In romaji, double that consonant: カップ is kappu.
ーThe mark ー stretches the previous vowel. In romaji, we write that vowel twice: キー is kii.
Extra sounds for loanwords
- ファfa
- フィfi
- フェfe
- フォfo
- ティti
- ディdi
- ウィwi
- ウェwe
- ウォwo
- シェshe
- ジェje
- チェche
| a | u | o | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ky | キャkya | キュkyu | キョkyo |
| sh | シャsha | シュshu | ショsho |
| ch | チャcha | チュchu | チョcho |
| ny | ニャnya | ニュnyu | ニョnyo |
| hy | ヒャhya | ヒュhyu | ヒョhyo |
| my | ミャmya | ミュmyu | ミョmyo |
| ry | リャrya | リュryu | リョryo |
| gy | ギャgya | ギュgyu | ギョgyo |
| j | ジャja | ジュju | ジョjo |
| by | ビャbya | ビュbyu | ビョbyo |
| py | ピャpya | ピュpyu | ピョpyo |
ヂ and ヅ sound the same as ジ and ズ. They are rare: you usually write ジ and ズ.
How to read the chart
Each row is one consonant and each column is one vowel, so the character where “k” meets “a” is said “ka”. The order of the vowels is always a, i, u, e, o. The first row, marked “–”, is the five vowels on their own. The last row, “n”, is a single character: the only consonant that stands alone.
A few sounds are not spelled the way the pattern suggests. On the first page, watch “shi”, “chi”, “tsu” and “fu”. On the second page, watch “ji”, and the blended sounds “sha”, “cha” and “ja”, which are written without a “y”.
The letter at the start of a row opens the lesson for that row, with stroke order, audio and words to read.
How to use it
Print the chart with romaji and keep it beside you while you learn. When a row starts to feel easy, press “Hide romaji” and print again: now it is a test sheet. Say each character out loud, or write the romaji in by hand.
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