# Ni (kana)

kana gojūon :
| wa | ra | ya | ma | ha | na | ta | sa | ka | a |
| wi | ri | (yi) | mi | hi | ni | chi | shi | ki | i |
| (wu) | ru | yu | mu | fu | nu | tsu | su | ku | u |
| we | re | (ye) | me | he | ne | te | se | ke | e |
| wo | ro | yo | mo | ho | no | to | so | ko | o |
| | | | n | | | | | | |
Kana modifiers and marks :
sokuonfu (gemination)
yōon (palatalization)
chōonpu (vowel lengthener)
Iteration marks
dakuten/handakuten (voiced & semi-voiced marks) :
Multi-moraic kana :
iu
kashiko
koto
sama
shite
toki
tomo
nari
mairasesoro
yori :
vte :
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 [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
に
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
に
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
に
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 | に | ニ |
| Normal n- (な行 na-gyō) | nii, nyi 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 |
| Addition yōon ny- (にゃ行 nya-gyō) | nyaa nyā | にゃあ, にゃぁ にゃー | ニャア, ニャァ ニャー |
| Addition yōon ny- (にゃ行 nya-gyō) | nyu | にゅ | ニュ |
| Addition yōon ny- (にゃ行 nya-gyō) | nyuu nyū | にゅう, にゅぅ にゅー | ニュウ, ニュゥ ニュー |
| Addition yōon ny- (にゃ行 nya-gyō) | nyo | にょ | ニョ |
| Addition yōon ny- (にゃ行 nya-gyō) | 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 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 communicative representations

| Japanese radiotelephony alphabet | Wabun code |
| 日本のニ Nippon no "Ni" | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ |
| Japanese Navy Signal Flag | Japanese semaphore | Japanese manual syllabary (fingerspelling) | Braille dots-123 Japanese Braille |
* Full Braille representation
| に / ニ in Japanese Braille | に / ニ in Japanese Braille | N + Yōon braille | N + Yōon braille | N + Yōon braille | N + Yōon braille | N + Yōon braille | N + 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 |
* Computer encodings
Character information :
| Preview | に | に | ニ | ニ | ﾆ | ﾆ | ㋥ | ㋥ |
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER NI | HIRAGANA LETTER NI | KATAKANA LETTER NI | KATAKANA LETTER NI | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER NI | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER NI | CIRCLED KATAKANA 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 | &#12395; | &#x306B; | &#12491; | &#x30CB; | &#65414; | &#xFF86; | &#13029; | &#x32E5; |
| Shift JIS | 130 201 | 82 C9 | 131 106 | 83 6A | 198 | C6 | | |
| EUC-JP | 164 203 | A4 CB | 165 203 | A5 CB | 142 198 | 8E C6 | | |
| GB 18030 | 164 203 | A4 CB | 165 203 | A5 CB | 132 49 153 52 | 84 31 99 34 | | |
| EUC-KR / UHC | 170 203 | AA CB | 171 203 | AB CB | | | | |
| Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | 198 207 | C6 CF | 199 99 | C7 63 | | | | |
| Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS) | 199 82 | C7 52 | 199 199 | C7 C7 | | | | |