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弄 = 王 + 廾
弄 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “tinker with”. It is built from 王 (king) and 廾 (two hands). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 731.
- Keyword
- tinker with
- RTK frame
- 731
- Strokes
- 7
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ロウ, ル
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- いじく.る, ろう.する, いじ.る, ひねく.る, たわむ.れる, もてあそ.ぶ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- play with, возиться с
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 弄 do
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 弄 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “king” + “two hands”. 弄 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 弄 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.