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に, in hiragana, or ニ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one
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. The hiragana is written in three strokes, while the katakana in two. Both represent although for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is . 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":


Stroke order

The hiragana に is made with three
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s: #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 * Computer encodings


See also

* Japanese grammar


References

Handbook of Japanese Grammar - Masahiro Tanimori (Tuttle 1994) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ni (Kana) Specific kana