Chinese symbol for “fondle”
抚弄
fǔ nòng
Traditional: 撫弄
to fondle; to caress; to stroke
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fondle is 抚弄 (fǔ nòng), defined as: to fondle; to caress; to stroke.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “fondle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抚摸 (撫摸) | fǔ mō | to gently caress and stroke; to pet |
| 爱抚 (愛撫) | ài fǔ | to caress; to fondle |
| 盘弄 (盤弄) | pán nòng | to play around with; to fidget |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 抚弄.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 安抚 (安撫) | ān fǔ | to placate; to pacify |
| 抚养 (撫養) | fǔ yǎng | to foster; to bring up |
| 巡抚 (巡撫) | xún fǔ | inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times |
| 抚摸 (撫摸) | fǔ mō | to gently caress and stroke; to pet |
| 抚慰 (撫慰) | fǔ wèi | to console; to comfort |
| 爱抚 (愛撫) | ài fǔ | to caress; to fondle |
| 玩弄 | wán nòng | to play with; to toy with |
| 愚弄 | yú nòng | to make a fool out of; to fool |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fondle”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.