As nouns the difference between katakana and kanji
is that katakana is a Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, or to emphasize a word or phrase while kanji is chinese characters as used in the Japanese language.
As proper nouns the difference between katakana and kanji
is that katakana is an alternative spelling of katakana while Kanji is alternative case form of kanji.
katakana
Noun
(katakana)
(uncountable) A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, or to emphasize a word or phrase.
A letter thereof
Related terms
* hentaigana
* hiragana
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See also
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kanji
Alternative forms
* Kanji
Noun
(kanji)
Chinese characters as used in the Japanese language.
Related terms
* hanzi (Chinese)
* hanja (Korean)
* (Vietnamese)
See also
* kana (, ??)
* hiragana (, ????)
* katakana (, ????)
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* romaji (, ????)
* shinjitai (, ?????)
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