に (ni), hiragana basic
に
ni
な row · i column
hiraganabasic3 strokes
Stroke order
katakana counterpart
Variants
Words with に
日本人にほんじんJapanese person
二にtwo
肉にくmeat
How to remember it
にA long stroke stands beside two short horizontal marks. The Japanese word for two is ni: remember the pair on the right.
Where it comes from
仁に
に developed from the cursive writing of 仁. Both the left and right parts contribute to the overall handwritten shape.