Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) 呢 Kangxi strokes: 8 Page 181, Entry 25 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ni (level tone). Jade Chapters (Yupian): Nini, meaning to speak much in a low voice. Equivalent to the original character. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): To speak indistinctly; murmuring. Also, nini refers to the chirping of swallows. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ni (rising tone). Sound. Also, pronounced ni (rising tone). Originally written as a variant form. To speak in order to show someone.