Usage

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There are several optional parameters, default values – which are shown below – should be fine for the katakana article, but probably not for others.

Colors

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If an article does not need to distinguish certain groups visually their colors can be set to the same value, e.g.: {{katakana table|obsolete color=#EFFAFA}} (same as normal color).

  •   |normal color=#EFFAFA
  •   |unused color=#FFFFFF
  •   |etymological color=#EFFAFA
  •   |extinct color=#E9E9E9
  •   |obsolete color=#D0D0D0
  •   |yoon color=#F3F5DE
  •   |gojuon header color=#BECFEB
  •   |yoon header color=#D4D4D4

Table entries

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The notes on unused, obsolete and etymological characters can be changed and combined: {{katakana table|unused text=New text for all three.|obsolete=unused|etymological=unused|legend=}}

  • |legend= Grey background  indicates obsolete characters.

  • |yi=<big>イ</big><br>i
  • |wu=<big>ウ</big><br>u
  • |unused=unused used in <ref name="unused" group="n" />
  • |unused text=Theoretical combinations yi and wu are unused. Some katakana were invented for them by linguists in the Edo and Meiji periods in order to fill out the table, but they were never actually used in normal writing. used for <ref name="unused">

  • |ye=<big>エ</big><br>e
  • |extinct=extinct used in <ref name="extinct" group="n" />
  • |extinct text=The combination ye existed in Old Japanese and was represented in very early katakana, but has been extinct for several hundred years, having merged with e. The ye katakana (𛄡) was adopted for e (displacing the 𛀀 glyph originally used for e); this evolved over time to the modern エ. used for <ref name="extinct">

  • |wi=[[Wi (kana)|<big>ヰ</big>]]/<big>イ</big><br>wi/i {{IPA-ja|i|}}
  • |we=[[We (kana)|<big>ヱ</big>]]/<big>エ</big><br>we/e {{IPA-ja|e|}}
  • |wo=<big>[[Wo (kana)|ヲ]]</big><br>wo/o {{IPA-ja|o|}}
  • |obsolete=obsolete used in <ref name="obsolete" group="n" />
  • |obsolete text=The characters in positions wi and we are obsolete. The character wo, in practice normally pronounced o, is preserved in only one use: as a particle. This is normally written in hiragana (を), so katakana ヲ sees only limited use. See Gojūon and the articles on each character for details. used for <ref name="obsolete"> in notes

  • |di=
  • |du=
  • |dya=
  • |dyu=
  • |dyo=
  • |etymological=etymological used in <ref name="etymological" group="n" />
  • |etymological text=The ヂ (di) and ヅ (du) kana (often romanised as ji and zu) are primarily used for etymological spelling, when the unvoiced equivalents チ (ti) and ツ (tu) (often romanised as chi and tsu) undergo a sound change (rendaku) and become voiced when they occur in the middle of a compound word. In other cases, the identically-pronounced ジ (ji) and ズ (zu) are used instead. ヂ (di) and ヅ (du) can never begin a word, and they are not common in katakana, since the concept of rendakudoes not apply to transcribed foreign words, one of the major uses of katakana. used for <ref name="etymological">

Other table entries

  • |n=<big>[[N (kana)|ン]]</big><br>n {{IPA-ja|n|}} {{IPA-ja|m|}} {{IPA-ja|ŋ|}} before stop consonants;<br>n{{IPA-ja|ɴ|}} {{IPA-ja|ũ͍|}}{{IPA-ja|ĩ|}} elsewhere
  • |sokuon=<big>[[Sokuon|ッ]]</big><br>(indicates a [[geminate]]<br>consonant)
  • |choonpu=<big>[[Chōonpu|ー]]</big><br>(indicates<br>a long vowel)
  • |iteration mark=<big>[[ヽ]]</big><br>(reduplicates and<br>unvoices syllable)
  • |voiced iteration mark=<big>[[ヾ]]</big><br>(reduplicates and<br>voices syllable)

TemplateData

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This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Katakana table in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Katakana table

This template shows a table of katakana syllabograms. Usually, it would be used without parameters.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
legendlegend

Explanation of colors used

Default
{{color box|{{{obsolete color}}}|Grey background}} indicates obsolete characters.
Stringoptional
gojuon header colorgojuon header color

background color for header cells, any valid CSS color

Default
#BECFEB
Lineoptional
yoon header coloryoon header color

background color for header cells, any valid CSS color

Default
#D4D4D4
Lineoptional
normal colornormal color

background color for data cells, any valid CSS color

Default
#EFFAFA
Lineoptional
unused colorunused color

background color for data cells, any valid CSS color

Default
#EFFAFA
Lineoptional
extinct colorextinct color

background color for data cells, any valid CSS color

Default
#E9E9E9
Lineoptional
etymological coloretymological color

background color for data cells, any valid CSS color

Default
#EFFAFA
Lineoptional
obsolete colorobsolete color

background color for data cells, any valid CSS color

Default
#D0D0D0
Lineoptional
yoon coloryoon color

background color for data cells, any valid CSS color

Default
#F3F5DE
Lineoptional
Group unusedunused

reference group name for <ref> tags

Default
unused
Lineoptional
Group extinctextinct

reference group name for <ref> tags

Default
extinct
Lineoptional
Group obsoleteobsolete

reference group name for <ref> tags

Default
obsolete
Lineoptional
Group etymologicaletymological

reference group name for <ref> tags

Default
etymological
Lineoptional
Yi descriptionyi

followed by <ref name="{{{unused}}}"|group="n"/>

Default
Stringoptional
Wu descriptionwu

followed by <ref name="{{{unused}}}"|group="n"/>

Default
Stringoptional
Ye descriptionye

followed by <ref name="{{{extinct}}}" group="n"/>

Default
[[Ye (kana)|<big>𛄡</big>&nbsp;/&nbsp;<big>エ</big>]]<br>ye{{IPA-ja|je|}}
Stringoptional
Wi descriptionwi

followed by <ref name="{{{obsolete}}}" group="n"/>

Default
[[Wi (kana)|<big>ヰ</big>]]<br>wi{{IPA-ja|i|}}
Stringoptional
We descriptionwe

followed by <ref name="{{{obsolete}}}" group="n"/>

Default
[[We (kana)|<big>ヱ</big>]]<br>we{{IPA-ja|e|}}
Stringoptional
Wo descriptionwo

followed by <ref name="{{{obsolete}}}" group="n"/>

Default
<big>[[Wo (kana)|ヲ]]</big><br>wo {{IPA-ja|o|}}
Stringoptional
Di descriptiondi

followed by <ref name="{{{etymological}}}" group="n"/>

Default
<big>ヂ</big><br>ji {{IPA-ja|d͡ʑi|}}
Stringoptional
Du descriptiondu

followed by <ref name="{{{etymological}}}" group="n"/>

Default
<big>ヅ</big><br>zu {{IPA-ja|zu͍|}}
Stringoptional
Dya descriptiondya

followed by <ref name="{{{etymological}}}" group="n"/>

Default
<big>ヂャ</big><br>ja {{IPA-ja|d͡ʑa|}}
Stringoptional
Dyu descriptiondyu

followed by <ref name="{{{etymological}}}" group="n"/>

Default
<big>ヂュ</big><br>ju {{IPA-ja|d͡ʑu͍|}}
Stringoptional
Dyo descriptiondyo

followed by <ref name="{{{etymological}}}" group="n"/>

Default
<big>ヂョ</big><br>jo {{IPA-ja|d͡ʑo|}}
Stringoptional
N descriptionn

Default
<big>[[N (kana)|ン]]</big><br>n {{IPA-ja|n|}} {{IPA-ja|m|}} {{IPA-ja|ŋ|}} before stop consonants;<br /> n{{IPA-ja|ɴ|}}{{IPA-ja|ũ͍|}}{{IPA-ja|ĩ|}} elsewhere
Stringoptional
Sokuon descriptionsokuon

Default
<big>[[Sokuon|ッ]]</big><br />(before [[geminate]] consonant)
Stringoptional
Choonpu descriptionchoonpu

Default
<big>[[Chōonpu|ー]]</big><br />(after long vowel)
Stringoptional
Iteration mark descriptioniteration mark

Default
<big>[[ヽ]]</big><br />(reduplicates and unvoices syllable)
Stringoptional
voiced iteration mark descriptionvoiced iteration mark

Default
<big>[[ヾ]]</big><br />(reduplicates and voices syllable)
Stringoptional
unused textunused text

text in explanatory notes

Default
Theoretical combinations ''yi'' and ''wu'' are {{color box|border=darkgray|{{{unused color|transparent}}}|unused}}. Some katakana were invented for them by linguists in the Edo and Meiji periods in order to fill out the table, but they were never actually used in normal writing.
Stringoptional
extinct textextinct text

text in explanatory notes

Default
The combination ''ye'' existed in Old Japanese and was represented in very early katakana, but has been {{color box|border=darkgray|{{{extinct color|#E9E9E9}}}|extinct}} for several hundred years, having merged with ''e''. The ''ye'' katakana (𛄡) was adopted for ''e'' (displacing the 𛀀 glyph originally used for ''e''); this evolved over time to the modern エ.
Stringoptional
obsolete textobsolete text

text in explanatory notes

Default
The characters in positions ''wi'' and ''we'' are {{color box|{{{obsolete color}}}|obsolete}} in modern Japanese, and have been replaced by イ (''i'') and エ (''e''). The character ''wo'', in practice normally pronounced ''o'', is preserved in only one use: as a particle. This is normally written in hiragana (を), so katakana ヲ sees only limited use. See [[Gojūon]] and the articles on each character for details.
Stringoptional
etymological textetymological text

text in explanatory notes

Default
The ヂ (''di'') and ヅ (''du'') kana (often romanised as ''ji'' and ''zu'') are primarily used for {{color box|{{{etymological color}}}|etymological spelling}}, when the unvoiced equivalents チ (''ti'') and ツ (''tu'') (often romanised as ''chi'' and ''tsu'') undergo a sound change (''[[rendaku]]'') and become voiced when they occur in the middle of a compound word. In other cases, the identically-pronounced ジ (''ji'') and ズ (''zu'') are used instead. ヂ (''di'') and ヅ (''du'') can never begin a word, and they are not common in katakana, since the concept of ''rendaku'' does not apply to transcribed foreign words, one of the major uses of katakana.
Stringoptional