Stroke order
弄 Kangxi radical 55,廾 +4, 7 strokes,cangjie input 一土廿 (MGT ),four-corner 10441 ,composition ⿱王 廾 )
Additional Derived Characters
𡋱 , 𡷟 , 𢃈 , 𢙱 , 𤞬 , 𤯨 , 𧚂 , 𠸙 , 𧋼 , 𨁦 , 𥨋 , 𩩖 , 𠑋 , 𡫶 , 𢌊 𫥌 , 𭦄 , 𬊊 , 𰨀 , 𬚼 , 𬏇 , 𫴳 , 𲇎 , 𱗼 , 𬏖 , 𲎛 𨓡 , 𨛓 , 𤯩 , 𤲌 , 𤿰 , 𧚠 , 𥧪 , 𦡠 , 𩀳 , 𪔠 , 𢌌 , 𢚸 , 𥦌 , 𩂽 , 𡱯 , 𢕁 𭀮 , 𬖆 , 𱘱 , 𫠯 , 𪫵 , 𱰟 , 𫪹 , 𭚙 , 𪟤 , 𬴑 , 𱝖 , 𭚛 , 𰻖 , 𪪩 , 𰅙 , 𲎚 , 𰱂 Kangxi Dictionary:page 353 , character 17 Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9596 Dae Jaweon: page 669, character 1 Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 515, character 1 Unihan data for U+5F04 Old Chinese 筭 *sloːns 弄 *roːŋs 梇 *roːŋs 哢 *roːŋs 硦 *rʷaːɡ
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意 玉 ( “ jade ” ) + 廾 ( “ hands ” ) – play with a jade artefact using one's hands.
Compared withKhmer លួង ( luəng ,“ to console; to cheer; to coax; to flatter ” ) <Old Khmer lvaṅ ( “ to cheer, amuse, entertain, divert ” ) < Pre-Angkorian Khmerloṅ . The Khmer initial consonant does not agree with Old Chinese; perhaps the Khmer word is a post-Han loan (Schuessler, 2007 ).
Mandarin (Standard (Pinyin :nòng nèng nong4 neng4 (Zhuyin :ㄋㄨㄥˋ, ㄋㄥˋ (Dungan ,Cyrillic andWiktionary :лун (lun, III)Cantonese (Jyutping :lung6 /nung6 Gan (Wiktionary :lung5 Hakka (Sixian ,PFS :nung (Hailu ,HRS :lung˖ (Meixian ,Guangdong :lung4 / lung3 Jin (Wiktionary :nung3 Northern Min (KCR :lōng Eastern Min (BUC :lâe̤ng / lông Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing lang5 / lorng5 / luong5 Southern Min (Hokkien ,POJ :lāng lōng (Teochew ,Peng'im :long6 Wu (Northern Wugniu :6 lon /1 lon;6 lonXiang (Changsha ,Wiktionary :long4 Note :
lâe̤ng - colloquial; lông - literary. Note :
lang5 - colloquial; lorng5/luong5 - literary. Note :
lāng - colloquial; lōng - literary. Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )Character 弄 Reading # 1/1 Modern nòng Middle ‹ luwngH › Old /*[r]ˁoŋ-s/ English manipulate, play with Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)Character 弄 Reading # 1/1 No. 9586 Phonetic 弄 Rime 東 Rime 0 Corresponding 弄 Old /*roːŋs/
弄
toplay with; toplay around with; tofiddle with; tofondle 真的 是 命運 弄 人 。[MSC ,trad. 真的 是 命运 弄 人 。[MSC ,simp. Zhēnde shì mìngyùnnòng rén. [Pinyin] It must be a quirk of fate. toenjoy ; toplay trick ;magic tomake fun of; totease ; tobully toshow off ; tomake ashow of ( Southern Min ) amuse (a child)( music ) play (a musical instrument); toperform ( music ) ditty todo ; toengage in; toundertake ; todeal with tomake ...do /become ...; tocause ... todo ...他 把 小孩 弄 哭 了 。[MSC ,trad. simp. Tā bǎ xiǎoháinòng kū le. [Pinyin] Hemade the kid cry. ( colloquial ) cause someone tobecome pregnant ( Southern Min ) shake off ; toshake outtomarry toinvestigate ; tolook into toget ; toobtain ; tofetch 你 這 書 哪兒 弄 的 呀 。[MSC ,trad. 你 这 书 哪儿 弄 的 呀 。[MSC ,simp. Nǐ zhè shū nǎrnòng de ya. [Pinyin] Where did youget the book? todecorate ; todress up ; to put onmake-up Possibly from an ancient regional variant of巷 OC *ɡroːŋs
Note :
lāng - colloquial; lōng - literary. 弄
( historical ) lane inpalace ( regional ) alleyway ;lane ;apartment complex (especially inShanghai )安 遠 路 一 八 弄 ／ 安 远 路 一 八 弄 Ānyuǎn Lù YībāLòng Dialectal synonyms of
衚衕 (“alley; lane”)
[map] Variety Location Words Classical Chinese 巷 Formal(Written Standard Chinese ) 衚衕 巷子 Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 衚衕兒 Taiwan 巷子 Chengde 衚衕 Chifeng 衚衕兒 Hulunbuir(Hailar) 衚衕 Heihe 衚衕 Qiqihar 衚衕 Harbin 衚衕兒 Jiamusi 衚衕 Baicheng 衚衕 Changchun 衚衕兒 Tonghua 衚衕 Shenyang 衚衕 Jinzhou 衚衕 Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 衚衕兒 Tangshan 衚衕 巷道 Cangzhou 衚衕兒 過道 Baoding 衚衕兒 Shijiazhuang 衚衕兒 Lijin 衚衕 巷子 Jinan 衚衕道 衚衕 巷子 Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 衚衕兒 Dandong 衚衕 Yantai 衚衕兒 Yantai(Muping) 衚衕兒 Qingdao 衚衕 Zhucheng 衚衕 Central Plains Mandarin Lingbao 巷子 Jining 衚衕兒 Wanrong 衚衕 Linfen 衚衕兒 Shangqiu 衚衕 Yuanyang 衚衕 Zhengzhou 衚衕兒 過道兒 Xinyang 衚衕兒 Baihe 衚衕 巷子 Xi'an 巷子 Baoji 巷道 Tianshui 巷子 巷巷 Xining 巷道 巷巷 Xuzhou 巷口子 巷口兒 Pizhou 巷口子 Lianyungang(Ganyu) 巷子 小巷子 Donghai 巷子 Fuyang 衚衕 Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 巷子 Lanzhou 巷道 巷子 巷巷子 Dunhuang 巷子 Hami 巷子 巷道 Ürümqi 巷子 Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 巷子 巷巷兒 Nanchong 巷子 Dazhou 巷子 Hanyuan 巷子 Xichang 巷巷兒 Zigong 巷巷兒 Chongqing 巷子 巷巷兒 Wuhan 巷子 里分 里 Yichang 巷子 Xiangyang 巷子 道子 Tianmen 巷子 Guiyang 巷子 Zunyi 巷兒 巷巷兒 Bijie 巷巷 Liping 弄子 Zhaotong 巷巷 Dali 沖沖 Kunming 巷 巷巷 Mengzi 巷巷 Guilin 巷子 Liuzhou 巷子 Jishou 巷子 Changde 巷兒 弄兒 Hanzhong 衚衕 巷子 巷道 Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 巷子 巷當 Yangzhou 巷子 Baoying 巷子 Taizhou 巷子 Zhenjiang 巷子 Lianyungang 巷子 Huai'an(Huaiyin) 巷刀子 Lianshui 巷子 Xuyi 巷口子 Nantong 巷子 Rugao 巷子 Yancheng 巷子 Funing 巷子 Sihong 巷口子 Anqing 巷 巷道 Wuhu 巷子 Hefei 巷子 Hong'an 巷子 Cantonese Guangzhou 巷 Hong Kong 巷 巷仔 Hong Kong(San Tin; Weitou) 巷 Hong Kong(Kam Tin; Weitou) 巷 Hong Kong(Ting Kok) 巷 Hong Kong(Tung Ping Chau) 巷 Macau 巷 Guangzhou(Panyu) 巷 Guangzhou(Huashan, Huadu) 巷 Guangzhou(Conghua) 巷 Guangzhou(Zengcheng) 冷 巷 Foshan 巷 Foshan(Shatou, Nanhai) 巷 Foshan(Shunde) 巷 Foshan(Sanshui) 巷 Zhongshan(Shiqi) 巷 Zhuhai(Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 巷 Zhuhai(Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 巷 Zhuhai(Doumen) 巷 Jiangmen(Baisha) 巷 Jiangmen(Xinhui) 巷 Taishan 巷 Kaiping(Chikan) 巷 Enping(Niujiang) 巷 Heshan(Yayao) 巷 Dongguan 巷 巷仔 Shenzhen(Shajing, Bao'an) 巷 Yangjiang 巷 Kuala Lumpur(Guangfu) 巷 巷仔 Gan Nanchang 巷子 Lichuan 巷仔 Pingxiang 巷子 Hakka Meixian 巷仔 Huizhou(Huicheng; Bendihua) 巷仔 Dongguan(Qingxi) 巷仔 Shenzhen(Shatoujiao) 巷 Zhongshan(Nanlang Heshui) 巷仔 Yudu 巷子 Miaoli(N. Sixian) 巷仔 Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) 巷仔 Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) 巷仔 Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) 巷 巷笐 Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) 巷 Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) 巷 Hong Kong 巷 Yangshuo(Jinbao) 巷子 Senai(Huiyang) 巷 Huizhou Shexian 巷 巷路 Jin Taiyuan 巷 黑浪 Yangyuan 巷子 巷兒 Datong 巷兒 巷 Xinzhou 黑浪 Lüliang(Lishi) 巷巷 Changzhi 圪浪得 Linhe 巷子 Jining 巷子 Hohhot 巷子 Erenhot 巷子 黑浪子 Pingshan 衚衕 Zhangjiakou 衚衕兒 巷兒 Handan 衚衕 過道 Linzhou 衚衕兒 Suide 巷子 Northern Min Jian'ou 巷仔 弄仔 Eastern Min Fuzhou 巷 巷巷 巷囝 Fuzhou(Changle) 巷巷 Fuqing 弄頭 Yongtai 弄 Gutian 巷囝 Fu'an 巷 Ningde 弄囝 Shouning 巷囝 Zhouning 巷囝 Fuding 巷囝 Southern Min Xiamen 巷 巷仔 Quanzhou 巷 巷仔 Zhangzhou 巷 巷仔 Zhangzhou(Changtai) 巷仔 Zhao'an 巷仔 Taipei 巷 New Taipei(Sanxia) 巷仔 Kaohsiung 巷仔 Yilan 巷 Changhua(Lukang) 巷 Taichung 巷仔 Tainan 巷 Hsinchu 巷仔 Kinmen 巷 Penghu(Magong) 巷 Penang(Hokkien) 巷仔 Manila(Hokkien) 巷仔 Chaozhou 巷 Shantou 巷囝 Jieyang 巷 巷囝 Haifeng 巷 Bangkok(Teochew) 巷 Johor Bahru(Teochew) 巷囝 Leizhou 巷囝 Haikou 舊弄巷 家弄巷 弄 Zhongshan Min Zhongshan(Longdu, Shaxi) 巷 Wu Shanghai 弄堂 Shanghai(Songjiang) 弄堂 小弄堂 Shanghai(Zhoupu, Pudong) 弄堂 Shanghai(Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) 弄堂 Shanghai(Luodian, Baoshan) 弄堂 Shanghai(Chongming) 弄堂 弄 Suzhou 弄堂 巷 Suzhou(Lili, Wujiang) 弄堂 Suzhou(Shengze, Wujiang) 弄堂 Wuxi 弄堂 巷 Changshu 弄堂 Kunshan 弄堂 Nantong(Haimen) 弄堂 Jiaxing 弄堂 Changzhou 弄堂 Liyang 巷 弄堂 Changzhou(Jintan) 弄堂 Yixing 巷弄 弄堂 Danyang 弄堂 Jingjiang 弄堂 Jiangyin 弄堂 Nanjing(Gaochun) 巷 Huzhou(Shuanglin) 巷 Hangzhou 巷兒 弄堂 弄 Shaoxing 弄堂 Zhuji(Wangjiajing) 弄堂 Shengzhou 弄堂 Shengzhou(Chongren) 弄堂 Shengzhou(Taiping) 弄堂 Ningbo 弄堂 小弄堂 小路 Yuyao 弄堂 Taizhou(Huangyan) 弄堂 Wenzhou 巷弄 巷 Quzhou 巷 Jinhua 弄堂 弄 弄弄 Yongkang 巷 Xiang Changsha 巷子 Shuangfeng 弄子 Hengyang 巷子
巷弄 ( xiànglòng ) 弄堂 ( lòngtáng ) Probably fromLingao ȵam¹ ( “ to play ” ) (Fu, 2008 ).
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弄
( Hainanese , Leizhou Min ) play ; tohave fun Dialectal synonyms of
玩 (“to play; to play with”)
[map] Variety Location Words Classical Chinese 嬉 戲 Formal(Written Standard Chinese ) 玩 玩耍 Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 玩兒 Taiwan 玩 Malaysia 玩 Singapore 玩 Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 玩兒 Jinan 玩兒 Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai(Muping) 站 耍1 Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 耍1 Wanrong 翻倒 Wanrong(Ronghe) 子奇 Xi'an 耍1 Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 耍1 Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 耍1 Wuhan 玩 Guilin 耍1 Liuzhou 玩 Dagudi(Maliba) 玩 Reshuitang(Longling) 玩 Mae Salong(Lancang) 玩 Mae Sai(Tengchong) 玩 Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 玩 Hefei 玩 Mandarin Nanping(Yanping) 耍1 Cantonese Guangzhou 玩 嫽 Hong Kong 玩 Hong Kong(San Tin; Weitou) 嫽 Hong Kong(Kam Tin; Weitou) 玩 Hong Kong(Ting Kok) 嫽 Hong Kong(Tung Ping Chau) 嫽 Macau 玩 Guangzhou(Panyu) 玩 仙 Guangzhou(Huashan, Huadu) 去嫽 Guangzhou(Conghua) 玩 嫽 Guangzhou(Zengcheng) 嫽 Foshan 嫽 Foshan(Shatou, Nanhai) 成人 玩 Foshan(Shunde) 玩 Foshan(Sanshui) 耍1 玩 Foshan(Mingcheng, Gaoming) 耍1 Zhongshan(Shiqi) 耍1 Zhuhai(Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 玩 Zhuhai(Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 玩 Zhuhai(Doumen) 嫽 Jiangmen(Xinhui) 嫽 Taishan 嫽 戀 Kaiping(Chikan) 嫽 Enping(Niujiang) 嫽 Heshan(Yayao) 耍1 Dongguan 嫽 Shenzhen(Shajing, Bao'an) 嫽 Qingyuan 耍1 Fogang 嫽 Yingde(Hanguang) 嫽 Yangshan 耍1 Lianshan(Butian) 耍極 Lianzhou(Qingshui; Sihui) 耍1 Shaoguan 玩 Shaoguan(Qujiang) 玩 Renhua 玩 Lechang 玩 Zhaoqing(Gaoyao) 耍1 Sihui 玩耍 Guangning 耍1 Deqing 蕩 Huaiji 耍1 Fengkai(Nanfeng) 耍1 Yunfu 耍1 搞 Xinxing 轉 Luoding 玩 耍1 Yunan(Pingtai) 蕩 Yangjiang 搞 Xinyi 嫽 蕩 Maoming(Xinpo) 嫽 Lianjiang 嫽 Nanning 耍1 Wuzhou 去嫽 Beihai 嘢 Beihai(Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 耍1 Beihai(Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 玩 Fangchenggang(Fangcheng) 耍1 Kuala Lumpur(Guangfu) 搞 嫽 Penang(Guangfu) 玩 Singapore(Guangfu) 玩 嫽 Ho Chi Minh City(Guangfu) 玩 嫽 Móng Cái 耍1 Gan Nanchang 暱 玩 Lichuan 猥 Pingxiang 耍1 Hakka Meixian 嫽 搞 Xingning 嫽 Huizhou(Huicheng; Bendihua) 嫽 Huiyang 嫽 Huidong(Daling) 嫽 Dongguan(Qingxi) 嫽 Boluo(Bendihua) 嫽 Shenzhen(Shatoujiao) 嫽 Zhongshan(Nanlang Heshui) 嫽 Heyuan(Bendihua) 嫽 Longchuan(Tuocheng; Bendihua) 嫽 Heping(Linzhai; Bendihua) 嫽 Lianping(Longjie; Bendihua) 嫽 Wengyuan 嫽 Shaoguan(Qujiang) 嫽 Lianshan(Xiaosanjiang) 嫽 Liannan 嫽 Guangzhou(Lütian, Conghua) 嫽 Jiexi 搣 Luhe 搞 Zhao'an(Xiuzhuan) 嫽 Changting 嫽 Wuping 嫽 Wuping(Pingyu) 嫽 Liancheng 嫽 Ninghua 嬉 Yudu 嫽 搞 Shicheng 嬉 Shangyou(Shexi) 嫽 Tonggu(Sandu) 嫽 Ganzhou(Panlong) 嫽 Dayu 搞 嫽 Miaoli(N. Sixian) 尞 搞 Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) 尞 搞 Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) 尞 搞 Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) 尞 搞 Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) 尞 爽 Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) 尞 搞 Hong Kong 嫽 搞 Mengshan(Xihe) 嫽 搞 Luchuan 嫽 Senai(Huiyang) 嫽 Kuching(Hepo) 搞 Huizhou Jixi 嬉 Jin Taiyuan 耍1 Northern Min Jian'ou 嬉 Songxi 嬉 Zhenghe 嬉 Jianyang 嬉 Wuyishan 嬉 Eastern Min Fuzhou 客佻 Fuzhou(Changle) 客佻 Lianjiang 客佻 Fuqing 客佻 Pingtan 客佻 Yongtai 客佻 Minqing 客佻 Gutian 客佻 Pingnan 他佻 Luoyuan 客佻 Fu'an 宅佻 Ningde 客佻 Xiapu 客佻 Zherong 宅佻 Shouning 宅佻 Zhouning 宅佻 Fuding 宅佻 Matsu 客佻 Singapore(Fuqing) 客佻 Sitiawan(Gutian) 客佻 Southern Min Xiamen 耍2 𨑨迌 奕 Xiamen(Tong'an) 𨑨迌 Quanzhou 𨑨 𨑨迌 Jinjiang 𨑨迌 Nan'an 𨑨迌 Shishi 𨑨迌 𨑨 Hui'an 𨑨迌 Anxi 𨑨迌 Yongchun 𨑨迌 Dehua 𨑨迌 Zhangzhou 耍2 𨑨迌 奕 Zhangzhou(Longhai) 𨑨迌 Zhangzhou(Changtai) 耍2 𨑨迌 Hua'an 𨑨迌 Nanjing 𨑨迌 Pinghe 𨑨迌 Zhangpu 𨑨迌 Yunxiao 𨑨迌 Zhao'an 耍2 𨑨迌 Dongshan 𨑨迌 Taipei 耍2 𨑨迌 奕 Kaohsiung 耍2 𨑨迌 奕 Kinmen 𨑨迌 Penang(Hokkien) 𨑨迌 奕 Klang(Hokkien) 摽 奕 耍2 𨑨迌 Singapore(Hokkien) 耍2 𨑨迌 Manila(Hokkien) 𨑨迌 𨑨 奕 Longyan 𨑨迌 Zhangping 𨑨迌 Datian 嬉 Chaozhou 耍2 𨑨迌 Raoping 耍2 Shantou 耍2 𨑨迌 Shantou(Chenghai) 𨑨迌 Jieyang 耍2 𨑨迌 羅坐 Lufeng 𨑨迌 Haifeng 𨑨迌 Bangkok(Teochew) 𨑨迌 Johor Bahru(Teochew) 𨑨迌 Singapore(Teochew) 耍2 𨑨迌 Pontianak(Teochew) 耍2 Leizhou 弄 Wenchang 弄 Haikou 弄 Qionghai 弄 Singapore(Hainanese) 弄 Puxian Min Putian 搭聊 Putian(Donghai, Chengxiang) 搭聊 Putian(Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 搭聊 Putian(Nanri, Xiuyu) 搭聊 Xianyou 搭聊 Xianyou(Fengting) 搭聊 Xianyou(Youyang) 搭聊 Central Min Yong'an 嬉 Sanming(Sanyuan) 嬉 Sanming(Shaxian) 嬉 Wu Shanghai 白相 Shanghai(Chongming) 白相 Suzhou 白相 Wuxi 白相 Hangzhou 耍子 Shaoxing 嬉 intransitive 搞 transitive Ningbo 嬲和 嬉 dated 嬉戲 dated 白相 rare Wenzhou 嬉 玩 狡調 Lishui 嬉 Jinhua 嬉 Xiang Changsha 玩 Shuangfeng 耍1 Quanzhou 耍1
( Min Nan pronunciation audio ) “弄 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi Ministry of Education, R.O.C. ,2026 ( Puxian Min ) 李如龙 [ Li, Ru-long] ;刘福铸 [ Liu, Fu-zhu] ;吴华英 [ Wu, Hua-ying] ;黄国城 [ Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019 ), “弄 ”, in莆仙方言调查报告 Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect Xiamen University Press ,→ISBN 279 弄
(Jōyō kanji )
tamper with 弄 (eumhun 희롱할 롱 ( huironghal rong ) ,word-initial (South Korea)희롱할 농 ( huironghal nong ) )
hanja form? 롱 /농 ( “ do ,play orfiddle with ,joke ” ) hanja form? 롱 /농 ( “ alley ” ) hanja form? 롱 /농 ( “ naughty ” ) 弄 :Hán Việt lộng [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] lọng [ 6] 弄 :Nôm lóng [ 1] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] luồng [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] lộng [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 6] lồng [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] lòng [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] lỏng [ 1] [ 2] ròng [ 1] [ 2] sống [ 1] [ 2] lụng [ 1] [ 3] rỗng [ 1] trống [ 1] lùng [ 2] trổng [ 3]
chữ Nôm lóng ( “ node ,phalanx ” ) chữ Nôm lòng ( “ intestines ;guts ;heart ” ) chữ Nôm lỏng ( “ genericallyloose ,lax orslack ” ) chữ Nôm lộng ( “ coastal waters ” ) chữ Nôm rỗng ( “ hollow ,empty ” ) chữ Nôm sống ( chiefly in compounds ) spine tolive living ;alive chữ Nôm trống ( “ drum ” ) 
