46 Basic Katakana
Katakana is one of three scripts used in Japanese and consists of 46 characters, just like hiragana. Some katakana and hiragana look similar. Katakana is generally used to write words borrowed from other languages, such as the names of people and countries. Katakana is also used for onomatopoeia which imitate sounds or describe a state of being. In addition, katakana is sometimes used for …