Ni (kana)

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].

ni
transliterationni
hiragana origin仁
katakana origin仁
spelling kana日本のニ (Nippon no ni)
kana gojūon
warayamahanatasakaa
wirimihinichishikii
ruyumufunutsusukuu
weremehenetesekee
woroyomohonotosokoo

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.

However, in clauses mentioning time, it is used as "at." For example: Roku ji ni shimashita. (I) did it at 6 o'clock.


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
Other additional forms
Form (ny-)
Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
(nya) (にゃ) (ニャ)
(nyi) (にぃ) (ニィ)
(nyu) (にゅ) (ニュ)
nye にぇ ニェ
(nyo) (にょ) (ニョ)

Stroke order
Stroke order in writing に
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
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
Characterにニﾆ
Unicode nameHIRAGANA LETTER NIKATAKANA LETTER NIHALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER NI
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhex
Unicode12395U+306B12491U+30CB65414U+FF86
UTF-8227 129 171E3 81 AB227 131 139E3 83 8B239 190 134EF BE 86
Numeric character referenceににニニﾆﾆ
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

Japanese Grammar

Reference

Handbook of Japanese Grammar - Masahiro Tanimori (Tuttle 1994)


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