3 Katakana The Japanese syllabary is compose by kanji, Hirakana and Katakana. Katakana is basically used for transcriptions of loan words from western language, English in particular 读这页的时候,背景交替出现大量日本汉 字,以及平假名表最后是片假名表。片假 名表出现的时候长一点3 Katakana • The Japanese syllabary is compose by Kanji, Hirakana and Katakana. Katakana is basically used for transcriptions of loan words from western language, English in particular. • 读这页的时候，背景交替出现大量日本汉 字，以及平假名表最后是片假名表。片假 名表出现的时候长一点