Ni (kana)
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Ni (kana)
| ni | ||||
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| transliteration | ni | |||
| hiragana origin | 仁 | |||
| katakana origin | 仁 | |||
| spelling kana | 日本のニ (Nippon no ni) | |||
に, in hiragana, or ニ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. The hiragana is written in three strokes, while the katakana in two. Both represent /ni/ although for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is [nʲi].
Notably, the katakana (ニ) is functionally identical to the kanji for two (二), pronounced the same way, and written similarly.
に is used as a particle, as well as a word fragment. As a particle it generally expresses direction, with a similar function to the English 'to'.
i.e. Ton wa, Furansu "ni" ikimashita. Ton went "to" France.
Pan wa, Ton "ni" agemashita. Bread was given "to" Ton.
| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal n- (な行 na-gyō) | ni | に | ニ |
| nii nī | にい, にぃ にー | ニイ, ニィ ニー | |
| Addition yōon ny- (にゃ行 nya-gyō) | nya | にゃ | ニャ |
| nyaa nyā, nyah | にゃあ にゃー | ニャア ニャー | |
| nyu | にゅ | ニュ | |
| nyuu nyū | にゅう にゅー | ニュウ ニュー | |
| nyo | にょ | ニョ | |
| nyou nyoo nyō, nyoh | にょう にょお にょー | ニョウ ニョオ ニョー |
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| ni | ||||
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| transliteration | ni | |||
| hiragana origin | 仁 | |||
| katakana origin | 仁 | |||
| spelling kana | 日本のニ (Nippon no ni) | |||
Stroke order
 Stroke order in writing に |  Stroke order in writing ニ |
The hiragana に is made with three strokes:
A vertical stroke from top to bottom.
A short, horizontal stroke to the upper right of the first stroke, going from left to right.
Another short, horizontal stroke at the bottom right of the first stroke, going from left to right.
The katakana ニ is made with two strokes:
At the top, a horizontal stroke from left to right.
Another, longer horizontal stroke under the first stroke
Other representations
Computer encodings
| Character | に | ニ | ﾆ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER NI | KATAKANA LETTER NI | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER NI | |||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | decimal | hex | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 12395 | U+306B | 12491 | U+30CB | 65414 | U+FF86 |
| UTF-8 | 227 129 171 | E3 81 AB | 227 131 139 | E3 83 8B | 239 190 134 | EF BE 86 |
| Numeric character reference | に | に | ニ | ニ | ﾆ | ﾆ |
| Shift JIS | 130 201 | 82 C9 | 131 106 | 83 6A | 198 | C6 |
Braille
| に / ニ in Japanese Braille | N + Yōon braille | ||||||
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| に / ニ ni | にい / ニー nī | にゃ / ニャ nya | にゃあ / ニャー nyā | にゅ / ニュ nyu | にゅう / ニュー nyū | にょ / ニョ nyo | にょう / ニョー nyō |
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Japanese semaphore
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