弄

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to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

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

Components 玉廾

play with · Heisig RSH #615

ball + two hands

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
弄明白	nòng míng bai	to figure out how to do something
弄不清	nòng bu qīng	unable to figure out
弄假成真	nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn	pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make i…
弄到手	nòng dào shǒu	to get in hand; to get (one's) hands on; to get hold of (in the sense of to acquire)
装神弄鬼	zhuāng shén nòng guǐ	(lit.) to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom); (fig.) to create a fa…
弄平	nòng píng	to flatten
里弄	lǐ lòng	lanes and alleys; neighborhood; lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chi…
弄通	nòng tōng	to get a good grasp of
作弄	zuò nòng	to tease; to play tricks on
弄虚作假	nòng xū zuò jiǎ	to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
弄死	nòng sǐ	to kill; to put to death
弄清	nòng qīng	to clarify; to fully understand
调弄	tiáo nòng	to tease; to make fun of; to provoke; to stir up (trouble)
弄直	nòng zhí	to straighten
弄走	nòng zǒu	(coll.) to take (sth) away; to get rid of
盘弄	pán nòng	to play around with; to fidget; to fondle
倒弄	dǎo nong	to move (things around); to buy and sell at a profit (derog.)
舞文弄墨	wǔ wén nòng mò	(idiom) to display one's facility with words; to show off one's literary skills; (original…
弄到	nòng dào	to get hold of; to obtain; to secure; to come by
弄瓦	nòng wǎ	(literary) to have a baby girl; to celebrate the birth of a daughter