# Practice Katakana Online with PlayKana

> PlayKana provides free, ad-free katakana recognition practice in a browser. It requires no account or installation.

[Open the interactive katakana practice page](https://playkana.com/katakana-practice/).

## What you can practice

The katakana practice page selects every available katakana group by default:

- The 46 basic katakana, beginning with the vowel and main consonant rows.
- Dakuten and handakuten sounds such as ガ, ザ, ダ, バ, and パ.
- Yōon combinations such as キャ, シュ, チョ, ニャ, リョ, and ピュ.

Learners can switch between Basic, Dakuten, and Yōon to focus the visible character table, select or remove individual groups, choose a random run, and limit a session to 10, 20, 50, 100, or all selected characters.

## Quiz modes

- Standard: type the romaji for each katakana character. Missed characters return to the deck.
- Time Attack: begin with 60 seconds and gain two seconds for every correct answer.
- Multiple Choice: read a romaji prompt and choose the matching katakana.
- Sudden Death: the first incorrect answer ends the session.

## Recognition advice

Begin with the basic vowel row, then add one consonant row at a time. Study easily confused pairs together: シ and ツ differ mainly in the direction of their short strokes, as do ソ and ン. Add dakuten and handakuten after the 46 basic forms, then finish with yōon combinations. Use Standard mode for deliberate recall and Time Attack after accuracy becomes consistent.

PlayKana also offers [dedicated hiragana practice](https://playkana.com/hiragana-practice/) and [JLPT-oriented vocabulary practice](https://playkana.com/).