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弄 means 'play with' or 'ridicule'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 2057   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-39    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 12 words   Used in 27 words   Used in 5 names   Component in 2 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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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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Learn to toy with others and to say, “There’s a limit to how much you can disrespect me,” “Brazil’s offense toyed with Japan’s team,” and “Stop making fun of me!” Find out how to speak of fiddling with hair, playing with keys, and searching for a switch in the dark. Reconceive of gardening and farming as playing with dirt, learning to say, “Father gardens whenever he gets a chance.”
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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 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 弄 is used 28 times, read 5 ways.
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ロウ : 13 words FIND ALL
ほ ん ろ う 0
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 : 10 words FIND ALL
noun
playing with fire  (see also: 火遊び)
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もてあそぶ : 2 words FIND ALL
も て あ そ ぶ 4 も て あ そ ぶ 0
Most common form: もて遊ぶ
'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 : 2 words FIND ALL
ま さ ぐ る 2
Most common form: まさぐる
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to finger; to touch; to play with; to fiddle with; to toy with  (often written with kana only)
2. to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)  (often written with kana only)
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いじくる : 1 word FIND ALL
い じ く る 3
Most common form: いじくる
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to finger; to tamper (with)  (often written with kana only)
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An additional 弄|策を弄する|367453 less common words include 弄 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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弄
ロウ   play with; ridicule   もてあそぶ to play with   
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廾
twenty; two hands   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
王
オウ    king   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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