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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

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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

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  • Full Braille representation
に / ニ in Japanese Braille N + 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
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 12395 U+306B 12491 U+30CB 65414 U+FF86 13029 U+32E5
UTF-8 227 129 171 E3 81 AB 227 131 139 E3 83 8B 239 190 134 EF BE 86 227 139 165 E3 8B A5
Numeric character reference に に ニ ニ ニ ニ ㋥ ㋥
Shift JIS[1] 130 201 82 C9 131 106 83 6A 198 C6
EUC-JP[2] 164 203 A4 CB 165 203 A5 CB 142 198 8E C6
GB 18030[3] 164 203 A4 CB 165 203 A5 CB 132 49 153 52 84 31 99 34
EUC-KR[4] / UHC[5] 170 203 AA CB 171 203 AB CB
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[6] 198 207 C6 CF 199 99 C7 63
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[7] 199 82 C7 52 199 199 C7 C7

See also

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References

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Handbook of Japanese Grammar - Masahiro Tanimori (Tuttle 1994)

  1. ^ Unicode Consortium (2015-12-02) [1994-03-08]. "Shift-JIS to Unicode".
  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.