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弄 means 'tamper'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 2057   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Challenge set: 18    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 10 words   Used in 26 words   Used in 5 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ロウ
Kun
   もてあそぶ to play with
Additional readings
On    ル
Kun    いじる   いじくる   まさぐる to tamper with   ろうする   ひねくる   たわむれる
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⿱  王 king  廾 twenty  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 弄 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 弄 is used 26 times, read 5 ways.
ロウ : 13 words FIND ALL
1. trifling with; toying with; playing with; making sport of; making fun of; leading around by the nose
2. tossing about (a ship)
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いじる : 9 words FIND ALL
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to touch; to tamper with  (often written with kana only)
2. to grope about; to feel for something  (often written with kana only; this meaning is restricted to reading まさぐる)
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もてあそぶ : 2 words FIND ALL
'bu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with
2. to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with
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まさぐる (read as まさぐ) : 1 word FIND ALL
1. playing with something with one's fingers
2. searching with one's fingers (e.g. in the dark)
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いじくる : 1 word FIND ALL
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to finger; to tamper (with)  (often written with kana only)
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弄
ロウ   tamper   もてあそぶ to play with   
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5
廾
twenty; two hands   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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1
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
1
丨
stick   
王
オウ    king   
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3
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
1
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