Appendix:Katakana script

The gojūon table
The table below shows the gojūon table with all katakana characters, except alternative versions such as small characters or with diacritics, as they are most commonly organized.

Iroha ordering system
Another ordering system is the iroha, based on a Japanese poem that, if written in katakana, each character appears exactly once, similarly to a pangram:

イロハニホヘトチリヌルヲワカヨタレソツネナラムウヰノオクヤマケフコエテアサキユメミシヱヒモセス

Small forms
These are katakana characters written in small size. They often serve functions different from those of their normal-size counterparts.

Additional symbols
ーヽヾヿ

Origins of the characters
See Appendix:Japanese script.