If you are not careful, some katakana characters may become indistinguishable from another katakana character.
Katakana ア and マ may become indistinguishable if ... ア is written like this: マ is written like this: Katakana ヤ and マ may become indistinguishable if ... ヤ is written like this: Katakana ク and ケ may become indistinguishable if ... ク is written like this: ケ is written like this: Katakana ク and ワ may become indistinguishable if ... ク is written like this: ワ is written like this: Katakana ナ and メ may become indistinguishable if ... ナ is written like this: メ is written like this: Katakana コ and ユ may become indistinguishable if ... コ is written like this: ユ is written like this: Katakana ツ may シ become indistinguishable if ... ツ is written like this: or シ is written like this: or Katakana ソ may become ン or the other way around if ... the second stroke of ソ is written upward () OR the second stroke of ン is written downward (). Katakana シ may become ン or the other way around if ... one of the first two short strokes of シ is missing. OR there is an extra short stroke in ン. Katakana テ and ラ become indistinguishable if ... テ is written like this: Katakana チ and テbecome indistinguishable if ... チ is written like this: or テ is written like this: or Katakana カ may look like hiragana か, or the other way around if ... カ is written with an extra stroke: か is missing the last stroke: Katakana セ may look like hiragana せ, or the other way around if there is an extra short vertical stroke in katakana セ OR if the short vertical stroke is missing in hiragana せ. Katakana ヤ may look like hiragana や, or the other way around if there is an extra short stroke in katakana ヤ OR if the short stroke is missing in hiragana や. Katakana リ may look like hiragana り or the other way around if the first stroke of katakana リ is written with a hook and/or is connected with the second (り) OR if the first stroke of hiragana り is written in a straight vertical line without a hook. Katakana ホ may look like kanji 木 (to be introduced later), or the other way around if the last two short strokes of ホ touch the cross part (十 ) OR if the last two strokes of 木 are separated from the cross part (十 ). Katakana セ may look like kanji 七 (to be introduced later), or the other way around if the first stroke of セ does not have a hook OR if the first stroke of 七 has a hook.
Katakana ア and マ may become indistinguishable if ...
Katakana ヤ and マ may become indistinguishable if ...
Katakana ク and ケ may become indistinguishable if ...
Katakana ク and ワ may become indistinguishable if ...
Katakana ナ and メ may become indistinguishable if ...
Katakana コ and ユ may become indistinguishable if ...
Katakana ツ may シ become indistinguishable if ...
Katakana ソ may become ン or the other way around if ...
Katakana シ may become ン or the other way around if ...
Katakana テ and ラ become indistinguishable if ...
Katakana チ and テbecome indistinguishable if ...
Katakana カ may look like hiragana か, or the other way around if ...
Katakana セ may look like hiragana せ, or the other way around
Katakana ヤ may look like hiragana や, or the other way around
Katakana リ may look like hiragana り or the other way around
Katakana ホ may look like kanji 木 (to be introduced later), or the other way around
Katakana セ may look like kanji 七 (to be introduced later), or the other way around