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Katakana practice

Practice katakana recognition with a row-by-row typing quiz, a look-alike challenge, and a review round for your mistakes.

  1. Choose rows or the look-alike set.

  2. Type each sound in romaji.

  3. Review mistakes at your own pace.

シ・ツ・ソ・ン look-alike challenge

Four similar shapes, four different sounds.

Build your practice

Start with five vowels. Add a row when you can recall it without looking.

Basic soundsYour starting point
Voiced soundsDakuten & handakuten
CombinationsSmall ゃ · ゅ · ょ
A little understanding goes a long way

Make sense of what you’re practicing

01

Notice the look-alikes

シ (shi) and ツ (tsu), or ン (n) and ソ (so), can look very similar. Use the focused challenge to learn their shapes together, then practice them in words.

02

Listen for long vowels

Katakana often writes borrowed words. The mark ー lengthens the previous vowel: コーヒー is koohii. A small ッ marks a pause before a doubled consonant, as in カップ (kappu).

03

Keep your progress separate

Your katakana recall is saved separately from hiragana on this device. Three correct recalls in a row mark a character as familiar; a mistake brings it back into focus.