弄 — kanji meaning “play with”
弄
play with, tamper, trifle with
- Meanings
- play with, tamper, trifle with
- On'yomi
- ロウ (rou)、ル (ru)
- Kun'yomi
- いじく.る、ろう.する、いじ.る、ひねく.る、たわむ.れる、もてあそ.ぶ
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 8
- Classical radical
- 55
- Chinese reading
- nòng, lòng — Chinese character page
Words with 弄
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 翻弄 | ほんろう honrou | having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with |
| 弄る | いじる ijiru | to finger; to touch; to play with |
| 愚弄 | ぐろう gurou | mockery; derision; ridicule |
| 弄り | いじり ijiri | meddling; fumbling; fondling |
| 弄る | まさぐる masaguru | to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.) |
| 弄ぶ | もてあそぶ moteasobu | to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with |
| 嘲弄 | ちょうろう chourou | scorn; mockery; ridicule |
| 玩弄 | がんろう ganrou | toying with; playing with |
| 玩弄物 | がんろうぶつ ganroubutsu | plaything; toy |
| 弄する | ろうする rousuru | to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.) |
| 弄くる | いじくる ijikuru | to finger; to play with; to fiddle with |
| 弄火 | ろうか rouka | playing with fire |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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