弄(nòng)

HSK 27 strokes
Readingsnònglòng

lane

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Character information

Pinyin
nòng / lòng
Meaning
lane; alley
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 弄 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱玉廾

Two hands 廾 playing with a piece of jade 玉; 廾 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

玉yù廾gǒng

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 弄 step by step

7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 弄

Common words using 弄 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

cháo嘲nòng弄
HSK 7-9

to tease

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nòng弄xū虚zuò作jiǎ假
HSK 7-9

to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery

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zuò作nòng弄

to tease; to play tricks on

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shì侍nòng弄

to look after; to tend (one's crops, garden, livestock, pets etc); to repair

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wǔ侮nòng弄

to mock; to bully and insult

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yín吟fēng风nòng弄yuè月

lit. singing of the wind and the moon; fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art)

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hán含yí饴nòng弄sūn孙

lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom)

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nòng弄jiǎ假chéng成zhēn真

pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally mak…

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嘲虚作假侍侮吟风

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