How do you say “katakana” in Vietnamese?

Q: How do you say "katakana" in Vietnamese?

"Katakana" in Vietnamese is chữ cứng (katakana).

“Katakana” in Vietnamese is chữ cứng (katakana).

Vietnamese words for “katakana”

chữ cứngnoun
Hanoi [t͡ɕɨ˦ˀ˥ kɨŋ˧˦] · Saigon [cɨ˨˩˦ kɨŋ˦˥]chữ creaky rising cứng rising
katakana
for “katakana” meaning: A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, onomatopoeia, or to emphasize a word or phrase.

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