{{nihongo|'''''Katakanaခတခန'''''|[[wikt:片仮名|片仮名]], かたかな, '''カタカナ'''||{{IPA-ja|katakana}}}} isသည် aဂျပန်ဘာာစကား [[Japan]]eseရေးနည်းစနစ်တစ်ခု [[syllabary]], one component of the [[Japanese writing system]] along with [[hiragana]],ဖြစ်၏။<ref>Roy Andrew Miller (1966) ''A Japanese Reader: Graded Lessons in the Modern Language'', Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Tokyo, Japan, p. 28, Lesson 7 : Katakana : ''a—no''. "Side by side with hiragana, modern Japanese writing makes use of another complete set of similar symbols called the katakana."</ref>
