Ni (kana)

Hiragana	Katakana
Transliteration	ni
Hiragana Man'yōgana:	仁
Katakana Man'yōgana	仁
kana gojūon n wa ra ya ma ha na ta sa ka a sokuon wi ri mi hi ni chi shi ki i dakuten ru yu mu fu nu tsu su ku u chōonpu we re me he ne te se ke e wo ro yo mo ho no to so ko o

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
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