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弄

nòng, lòng

fiddle with

Depicts a pair of hands (廾) playing with a jade object (玉).

Components
玉 iconic component

玉  Iconic component

yù

  

jade

廾 iconic component

廾  Iconic component

gǒng

  

two hands

Evolution

弄 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
弄 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
弄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
弄 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
弄 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

弄  

nòng

do, play or fiddle with; alley; to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with

弄  

lòng

lane

弄 (挵) 

nòng

old variant of 弄[nòng]

弄 (衖) 

lòng

variant of 弄[lòng]

Most common words with 弄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

弄

to do

玩弄

to play with

弄清

to clarify

弄虚作假

to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery

摆弄

to fiddle with

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[r]ˤoŋ-s

luwngH

nòng

manipulate, play with


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 77.6870% of movies

450th most common character in movies

1053rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+5F04

Shuowen

“弄，玩也。从廾持玉。”


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