ni
hiragana
japanese hiragana ni
katakana
japanese katakana ni
transliterationni
hiragana origin
katakana origin
Man'yōgana二 人 日 仁 爾 迩 尼 耳 柔 丹 荷 似 煮 煎
spelling kana日本のニ (Nippon no ni)
unicodeU+306B, U+30CB
braille⠇

, in hiragana, or 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 [ɲi].

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, with a similar function to the English "to", "in", "at", or "by":

トン

"Ton

は、

wa,

フランス

Furansu

ni

行きました。

ikimashita."

トン は、 フランス に 行きました。

"Ton wa, Furansu ni ikimashita."

"Ton went to France."

パン

"Pan

は、

wa,

トン

Ton

ni

上げました。

agemashita."

パン は、 トン に 上げました。

"Pan wa, Ton ni agemashita."

"Bread was given "to" Ton"

六時

"Rokuji

ni

しました。

shimashita."

六時 に しました。

"Rokuji ni shimashita."

"(I) did it at 6 o'clock."

Form Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Normal n-
(な行 na-gyō)
ni
nii, nyi
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
にゃあ, にゃぁ
にゃー
ニャア, ニャァ
ニャー
nyu にゅ ニュ
nyuu
nyū
にゅう, にゅぅ
にゅー
ニュウ, ニュゥ
ニュー
nyo にょ ニョ
nyou
nyoo
nyō
にょう, にょぅ
にょお, にょぉ
にょー
ニョウ, ニョゥ
ニョオ, ニョォ
ニョー
Other additional forms
Form (ny-)
Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
(nya) (にゃ) (ニャ)
(nyi) (にぃ) (ニィ)
(nyu) (にゅ) (ニュ)
nye
nyei
nyee
nyē
にぇ
にぇい, にぇぃ
にぇえ
にぇー
ニェ
ニェイ, ニェィ
ニェエ
ニェー
(nyo) (にょ) (ニョ)

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing に
Stroke order in writing に
Stroke order in writing ニ
Stroke order in writing ニ

The hiragana に is made with three strokes:

  1. A vertical stroke from top to bottom.
  2. A short, horizontal stroke to the upper right of the first stroke, going from left to right.
  3. 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:

  1. At the top, a horizontal stroke from left to right.
  2. Another, longer horizontal stroke under the first stroke

Other communicative representations

  • Full Braille representation
に / ニ in Japanese BrailleN + Yōon braille
に / ニ
ni
にい / ニー
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
⠇ (braille pattern dots-123) ⠇ (braille pattern dots-123) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠅ (braille pattern dots-13) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠅ (braille pattern dots-13) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠍ (braille pattern dots-134) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠍ (braille pattern dots-134) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠎ (braille pattern dots-234) ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠎ (braille pattern dots-234) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)
Character information
Preview
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER NI KATAKANA LETTER NI HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER NI CIRCLED KATAKANA NI
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode12395U+306B12491U+30CB65414U+FF8613029U+32E5
UTF-8227 129 171E3 81 AB227 131 139E3 83 8B239 190 134EF BE 86227 139 165E3 8B A5
Numeric character referenceににニニニニ㋥㋥
Shift JIS[1]130 20182 C9131 10683 6A198C6
EUC-JP[2]164 203A4 CB165 203A5 CB142 1988E C6
GB 18030[3]164 203A4 CB165 203A5 CB132 49 153 5284 31 99 34
EUC-KR[4] / UHC[5]170 203AA CB171 203AB CB
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[6]198 207C6 CF199 99C7 63
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[7]199 82C7 52199 199C7 C7

See also

References

Handbook of Japanese Grammar - Masahiro Tanimori (Tuttle 1994)

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  2. Unicode Consortium; IBM. "EUC-JP-2007". International Components for Unicode.
  3. Standardization Administration of China (SAC) (2005-11-18). GB 18030-2005: Information Technology—Chinese coded character set.
  4. Unicode Consortium; IBM. "IBM-970". International Components for Unicode.
  5. Steele, Shawn (2000). "cp949 to Unicode table". Microsoft / Unicode Consortium.
  6. Unicode Consortium (2015-12-02) [1994-02-11]. "BIG5 to Unicode table (complete)".
  7. van Kesteren, Anne. "big5". Encoding Standard. WHATWG.
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