For the Chinese character, see
二 .
Character of the Japanese writing system
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 は、 フランス に 行きました。
"Ton wa, Furansu ni ikimashita."
"Ton went to France."
パン は、 トン に 上げました。
"Pan wa, Ton ni agemashita."
"Bread was given 'to' Ton"
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
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
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 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
Full Braille representation
に / ニ in Japanese 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
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に or
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Character information
Preview
に
ニ
ニ
㋥
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
References
Handbook of Japanese Grammar - Masahiro Tanimori (Tuttle 1994)