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| Transliteration | ni | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hiragana origin: | 仁 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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].
Notably, the katakana (ニ) is functionally identical for the kanji for two (二), pronounced the same way.
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.
| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
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| Normal n- (な行 na-gyō) |
ni | に | ニ |
| nii nī |
にい, にぃ にー |
ニイ, ニィ ニー |
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| 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 |
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| nyu | にゅ | ニュ | |
| nyuu nyū |
にゅう にゅー |
ニュウ ニュー |
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| 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 |
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Stroke order [edit]
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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 Representations [edit]
| Character | に | ニ | ﾆ | |||
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| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER NI | KATAKANA LETTER NI | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER NI | |||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | decimal | hex | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 12395 | U+306B | 12491 | U+30CB | 65414 | U+FF86 |
| UTF-8 | 227 129 171 | E3 81 AB | 227 131 139 | E3 83 8B | 239 190 134 | EF BE 86 |
| Numeric character reference | に | に | ニ | ニ | ﾆ | ﾆ |
| Shift JIS | 130 201 | 82 C9 | 131 106 | 83 6A | 198 | C6 |
| に / ニ in Japanese Braille | N + Yōon braille | ||||||
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| 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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