掲示板 Forums - Tips for learning katakana?

I'm totally new to learning Japanese and I'm really struggling with katakana. A lot of the time I'm just kind of guessing what they mean and they just don't seem to be sticking in my head like hiragana does

Are there any tips or patterns within the kana that's been helpful for you to learn them?

The katakana are all highly simplified versions of kanji characters, known as man'yōgana 万葉仮名. There’s probably no point in learning all the man'yōgana, but if you’re having trouble with a handful of kana, they can be a useful memory aid.

I personally used https://www.tofugu.com/japanes...

I didn’t get it perfectly, but it took me a single day and I just opened some manga and read through them to cement it while I learned other things, which took another day or two. Simply scroll down till you see their katakana book and pair it with their quiz.