1. You must use hiragana and katakana appropriately.

2. Examples: Emoji, single-byte katakana

3. The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived from components or fragments of more complex kanji.

4. Katakana with a few additions is also used to write Ainu.

5. In Japanese, any unconverted character INPUT attribute is a Hiragana, Katakana , or alphanumeric character.

6. 12 Thus, for example, it is impossible to imagine Japanese product packaging without Schmid's syllabary, katakana eru.

7. The problem is, JIS_X_0208 has its own Katakana area independently of one-byte character set such as JIS_X_0201.

8. What Does “Baka” Mean in Japanese? The Japanese word “Baka” ばか (sometimes written in katakana: バカ) basically means “fool” or “idiot”

9. Japanese names are usually written in kanji (Chinese characters), although some names use hiragana or even katakana, or a mixture of kanji and kana.

10. Katakana is now relegated to special uses such as recently borrowed words (i.e., since the 19th century), names in transliteration, the names of animals, in telegrams, and for emphasis.