Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Entry: Ni Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 269, Entry 34 According to the Sound Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced ni. The name of a woman. Another theory suggests it refers to lewdness and illicit intimacy. Whenever individuals are intimate and overly familiar with one another, it is called ni. This character is interchangeable with the character ni. Also written in a variant form.