Katakana word

SSIIMMカーkāドdo “SIM card” in Japanese

SIM-kādo

Character by character

SLatin letter, kept as is
ILatin letter, kept as is
MLatin letter, kept as is
カka
ーstretches the sound before it
ドdo

SIMカード is made of 2 katakana sounds, 1 long-vowel mark and 3 Latin letters. It reads SIM-kādo.

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ビザカード

bizakādo — Visa card · breakdown →

ワイファイ

waifai — wifi · breakdown →

マスターカード

masutākādo — Master card · breakdown →

More katakana words

スクリーンsukurīn · screen
アメックスamekkusu · American Express
ハードウェアhādowea · hardware
デビットカードdebittokādo · debit card
ソフトウェアsofutowea · software
マウスmausu · (computer) mouse
アプリケーションapurikēshon · application
キーボードkībōdo · keyboard

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