Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Ni Kangxi strokes: 8 Page 257, Entry 14 According to Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui), the pronunciation is ni. According to the Origin of the Six Writings (Liushu gu), contemporary people refer to slave girls as ni.