Welcome ! Before you begin, take a moment to read this brief Introduction to Katakana for insights and tips into how the characters work.
Each lesson introduces a small group of characters in three forms: large print, smaller print with serif, and sans-serif fonts. This will help you appreciate the subtle differences between them.
The first 5 characters represent the vowel sounds found in Japanese : a, e, i, o, u.
The characters below represent the following sounds : no, ni, n, ta, shi