KATAKANA


Meaning of KATAKANA in English

/kah'teuh kah"neuh/ ; Japn. /kah"tah kah"nah/ , n.

the more angular, less commonly used of the two Japanese syllabaries. Cf. hiragana .

[ 1720-30; kata part (of kanji) + kana KANA ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .