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[phil of smeg]

I'm still very new to the Japanese writing system. As it is I'm trying to learn Hiragana first as I've been told it's the simplest of the three.

I was recently asked if I knew how to write my name in Katakana, which I don't, so I started looking up the katakana symbols. Well, I'm still none the wiser.

How on earth would I write my name, 'Phil' in Katakana? Can anyone help, cos I feel like I'm missing a couple of pieces of the puzzle here?
Thanks.

Phil

[azarashi sushi]

Hi Smeg!

I'm writing on a mac so I don't think the katakana will come out but it should be written FU, little i, RU ... FUiRU

I hope that makes sense... But I'm sure a windows person will write it for you anyway.

[ripslyme]

フィル (and not フイル )

[Hoser]

I just have to butt in and say that in my opinion, katakana is FAR easier than hirigana.

[phil of smeg]

thanks for the help!

[stillnosheep]

You can learn either from scratch in abut 6 hrs spread over a weekend. Do a search for the book with the system (Learning the kana or somesuch, author's name is Heiszig, if I remember correctly.)

[Ai]

I don't know about the name but try this website to learn kana fast:

http://www.realkana.com/

[canuck]

[stillnosheep]

[Temujin]