Ni (kana)

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
Normal n- (な行 na-gyō)	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

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