# に

| に | U+306B, &#12395; HIRAGANA LETTER NI |
| ← な [U+306A] | Hiragana | ぬ → [U+306C] |

## Japanese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɲ̟i]

### Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 仁 in the cursive sōsho style.

#### Syllable

に • (ni)
* The hiragana syllable に (ni). Its equivalent in katakana is ニ (ni). It is the twenty-second syllable in the gojūon order; its position is な行い段 (na-gyō i-dan, “row na, section i”).

##### See also

* (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

### Etymology 2

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *ni.

#### Particle

に • (ni)
* (with nouns)
** particle for indirect objects; to
    俺(おれ)に返(かえ)せ。
       Ore ni kaese.
       Give it back to me.
** particle for location; in, at
    学(がっ)校(こう)にいる。
       Gakkō ni iru.
       I'm at/in school.
** particle for direction; toward, into
    銀(ぎん)行(こう)に行(い)った。
       Ginkō ni itta.
       I went to the bank.
    学(がっ)校(こう)に行(い)く。
       Gakkō ni iku.
       I'm going to school.
** particle indicating a passive agent; by
    蚊(か)にさされた。
       Ka ni sasareta.
       I was bitten by a mosquito.
** particle indicating a point in time; at
    ７(しち)時(じ)にね。
       Shichi-ji ni ne.
       It is at seven o'clock. (confirmation of when an event will take place)
** particle used occasionally to replace と when organizing and counting; and
** particle for indicating the emotional reason that one does something; in
    お礼(れい)にお菓(か)子(し)を贈(おく)る
       o-rei ni o-kashi o okuru
       to gift sweets in gratitude
    復(ふく)讐(しゅう)に殺(さつ)人(じん)を犯(おか)す
       fukushū ni satsujin o okasu
       to commit murder in revenge
* (with the stem form of verbs)
** particle indicating purpose/intent; for; to
    映(えい)画(が)を見(み)に行(い)く。
       Eiga o mi ni iku.
       I'm going to see a movie.
    寝(ね)に帰(かえ)るだけの部(へ)屋(や)
       ne ni kaeru dake no heya
       a room only used when coming home to sleep
* (with な-adjectives)
** adverbializer; -ly
    Coordinate term: (with い-adjectives) く
    確(たし)かに
       tashika ni
       certainly

##### Synonyms

* へ (e): to; toward
    In the sense indicating destination, the particles へ (e) and に (ni) are often interchangeable, though there is a slight difference of connotation or emphasis. へ (e) emphasizes the journey to the destination, while に (ni) emphasizes the arrival or entering it. The distinction is not quite the same as between English to and into; に (ni) is usually best translated as to because に (ni), unlike English into, can refer to the journey in addition to the arrival or entering the destination.

### Etymology 3

* Alternative spelling
* 似

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɲ̟i]

#### Suffix

に • (-ni)
* (of a child) taking after (in appearance)
    お母(かあ)さん似(に)
       okāsan-ni
       resembling their mother

#### Verb

に • (ni)
* imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of にる (niru) [ichidan]

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

に • (ni)
* Continuative of ず (zu, “auxiliary verb of negation”)
    がえんじる ― to not consent

### Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of に – see the following entries. :
| 【二】1 | [noun] two, 2 [noun] second [numeral] two, 2 |
| 【弐】S | [numeral] two, 2 |
| 【似】5 | [suffix] resembling, looking like, taking after [verb] 肖: imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 似る (niru) [ichidan] Alternative spelling 肖 |
(This term, に (ni), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as に, see Category:Japanese kanji read as に.) :