Wiktionary

弄

弄 U+5F04, 弄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F04
← 弃
[U+5F03] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 弅 →
[U+5F05]
弄 U+F943, 弄
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F943
← 壟
[U+F942] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 籠 →
[U+F944]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

弄 (Kangxi radical 55, 廾+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一土廿 (MGT), four-corner 10441, composition ⿱王廾)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • 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

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 弄
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     
Characters in the same phonetic series (弄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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.

Etymology 1 edit

simp. and trad.
 弄
alternative forms 挵
挊

Compared with Khmer លួង (luəng, “to console; to cheer; to coax; to flatter”) < Old Khmer lvaṅ (“to cheer, amuse, entertain, divert”) < Pre-Angkorian Khmer loṅ. The Khmer initial consonant does not agree with Old Chinese; perhaps the Khmer word is a post-Han loan (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • lâe̤ng - colloquial;
  • lông - literary.
Note:
  • lāng - colloquial;
  • lōng - literary.
Rime
Character 弄
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 盧貢切
Baxter luwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/luŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/luŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/luŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ləwŋH/
Li
Rong 		/luŋH/
Wang
Li 		/luŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/luŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lung6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 弄
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		nòng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ luwngH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[r]ˁoŋ-s/
English manipulate, play with

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 弄
Reading # 1/1
No. 9586
Phonetic
component 		弄
Rime
group 		東
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		弄
Old
Chinese 		/*roːŋs/

Definitions edit

弄

  1. to play with; to play around with; to fiddle with; to fondle
    真的是命運弄人。 [MSC, trad.]
    真的是命运弄人。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhēnde shì mìngyùn nòng rén. [Pinyin]
    It must be a quirk of fate.
  2. to enjoy; to play
  3. trick; magic
  4. to make fun of; to tease; to bully
  5. to show off; to make a show of
  6. (Southern Min) to amuse (a child)
  7. (music) to play (a musical instrument); to perform
  8. (music) ditty
  9. to do; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with
  10. to make ... do/become ...; to cause ... to do ...
    他把小孩弄哭了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Tā bǎ xiǎohái nòng kū le. [Pinyin]
    He made the kid cry.
  11. (colloquial) to cause someone to become pregnant
  12. (Southern Min) to shake off; to shake out
  13. to marry
  14. to investigate; to look into
  15. to get; to obtain; to fetch
    你這書哪兒弄的呀。 [MSC, trad.]
    你这书哪儿弄的呀。 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ zhè shū nǎr nòng de ya. [Pinyin]
    Where did you get the book?
  16. to decorate; to dress up; to put on make-up

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

simp. and trad.
 弄
alternative forms 衖

Possibly from an ancient regional variant of 巷 (OC *ɡroːŋs, “alley”).

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • lāng - colloquial;
  • lōng - literary.
Rime
Character 弄
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 盧貢切
Baxter luwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/luŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/luŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/luŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ləwŋH/
Li
Rong 		/luŋH/
Wang
Li 		/luŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/luŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lung6

Definitions edit

弄

  1. (historical) lane in palace
  2. (regional) alleyway; lane; apartment complex (especially in Shanghai)
    安遠路一八弄／安远路一八弄  ―  Ānyuǎn Lù Yībā Lòng  ―  18 Anyuan Road
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 衚衕 (“alley; lane”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 巷
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 衚衕, 巷子
Mandarin Beijing 衚衕兒
Taiwan 巷子
Tianjin 衚衕兒
Chengde 衚衕
Tangshan 衚衕, 巷道
Cangzhou 衚衕兒, 過道
Baoding 衚衕兒
Shijiazhuang 衚衕兒
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
Dandong 衚衕
Jinzhou 衚衕
Dalian 衚衕兒
Yantai 衚衕兒
Yantai (Muping) 衚衕兒
Qingdao 衚衕
Lijin 衚衕, 巷子
Zhucheng 衚衕
Jinan 衚衕道, 衚衕, 巷子
Jining 衚衕兒
Wanrong 衚衕
Shangqiu 衚衕
Yuanyang 衚衕
Zhengzhou 衚衕兒, 過道兒
Lingbao 巷子
Xinyang 衚衕兒
Baihe 衚衕, 巷子
Hanzhong 衚衕, 巷子, 巷道
Xi'an 巷子
Baoji 巷道
Yinchuan 巷子
Tianshui 巷子, 巷巷
Lanzhou 巷道, 巷子, 巷巷子
Dunhuang 巷子
Xining 巷道, 巷巷
Hami 巷子, 巷道
Ürümqi 巷子
Wuhan 巷子, 里分, 里
Yichang 巷子
Xiangyang 巷子, 道子
Tianmen 巷子
Hong'an 巷子
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
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
Anqing 巷, 巷道
Xuzhou 巷口子, 巷口兒
Fuyang 衚衕
Wuhu 巷子
Yangzhou 巷子
Lianyungang 巷子
Lianshui 巷子
Nanjing 巷子, 巷當
Hefei 巷子
Nantong 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) 巷
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
Lishi 巷巷
Linfen 衚衕兒
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
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
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
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 Shaxi (Longdu) 巷
Wu Shanghai 弄堂
Shanghai (Chongming) 弄堂, 弄
Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) 弄堂
Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) 弄堂
Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) 弄堂
Shanghai (Songjiang) 弄堂, 小弄堂
Suzhou 弄堂, 巷
Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) 弄堂
Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) 弄堂
Wuxi 弄堂
Changshu 弄堂
Kunshan 弄堂
Jiaxing 弄堂
Changzhou 弄堂
Liyang 巷, 弄堂
Jintan 弄堂
Yixing 巷弄, 弄堂
Danyang 弄堂
Jingjiang 弄堂
Jiangyin 弄堂
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
Huangyan 弄堂
Wenzhou 巷弄, 巷
Quzhou 巷
Jinhua 弄堂, 弄, 弄弄
Yongkang 巷
Xiang Changsha 巷子
Shuangfeng 弄子

Compounds edit

Etymology 3 edit

simp. and trad.
 弄
alternative forms 玩

Probably from Lingao ȵam¹ (“to play”) (Fu, 2008).

Pronunciation edit

  This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
Particularly: “Hainanese”

Definitions edit

弄

  1. (Hainanese, Leizhou Min) to play; to have fun
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 玩 (“to play; to play with”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 嬉, 戲
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 玩, 玩耍
Mandarin Beijing 玩兒
Taiwan 玩
Tianjin 玩兒
Yantai (Muping) 站, 耍1
Jinan 玩兒
Luoyang 耍1
Xi'an 耍1
Yinchuan 耍1
Wuhan 玩
Chengdu 耍1
Guilin 耍1
Liuzhou 玩
Yangzhou 玩
Hefei 玩
Yanping 耍1
Malaysia 玩
Singapore 玩
Dagudi (Maliba) 玩
Reshuitang (Longling) 玩
Mae Salong (Lancang) 玩
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 玩
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) 玩
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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) 玩, 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
Conghua (Lütian) 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
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
Singapore (Hokkien) 耍2, 𨑨迌
Manila (Hokkien) 奕, 𨑨, 𨑨迌
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
Xianyou 搭聊
Central Min Yong'an 嬉
Sanyuan 嬉
Shaxian 嬉
Wu Shanghai 白相
Shanghai (Chongming) 白相
Suzhou 白相
Wuxi 白相
Hangzhou 耍子
Shaoxing 嬉
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

Compounds edit

Further reading edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

弄

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. tamper with

Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

弄 (eumhun 희롱할 롱 (huironghal rong), South Korea 희롱할 농 (huironghal nong))

  1. Hanja form? of 롱/농 (“do, play or fiddle with, joke”).
  2. Hanja form? of 롱/농 (“alley”).
  3. Hanja form? of 롱/농 (“naughty”).

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

弄: Hán Nôm readings: lộng, lóng, lồng, luồng, lòng, lụng, trổng

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