Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Ni Kangxi stroke count: 18 Page 273, Entry 21 Identical to the character ni. Song Yu, Rhapsody on the Goddess (Shennü Fu): Describing a refined, quiet, and gentle demeanor. Also used as a woman's name. Biographies of Exemplary Women (Lienü Zhuan): There was a woman in the Liang region named Ni.