(obsolete) The katakana syllable ヲ(wo). Its equivalent in hiragana is を(wo). It is the forty-seventh syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ワ行オ段(wa-gyō o-dan, “row wa, section o”).
(used as a particle) The katakana syllable ヲ(o). Its equivalent in hiragana is を(o). It is the forty-seventh syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ワ行オ段(wa-gyō o-dan, “row wa, section o”).
Usage notes
Za razliku od hiragana sistem, koji se koristi za reči japanskog jezika kanji ne pokriva, katakana rečnik se prvenstveno koristi transcription reči stranih jezika na japanski i pisanje loan words (collectively gairaigo), kao i da predstavlja onomatopoeias, tehničke i naučne pojmove, kao i imena biljaka, životinja i minerala. Nazivi japanskih kompanija, kao i određene rečenice japanskog jezika, ponekad se pišu katakana, a ne drugim sistemom. [unos]
Because the hiragana equivalent, を, is used almost exclusively as the direct object particle, and particles are usually written in hiragana, ヲ is seldom used.