nòng

old variant of 弄[nong4]

Jade (玉) + two hands (廾) = to handle, play with

The image is of two hands (廾) holding up a jade gem (玉), turning and admiring it — the act of handling something precious gave rise to the broader sense of manipulating or playing with things.

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Two hands held up togetherSemantic
JadeSemantic

你把这件事清楚了吗?

nǐ bǎ zhè jiàn shì nòng qīng chǔ le ma?

Have you gotten this matter sorted out?

他不小心把衣服脏了。

tā bù xiǎo xīn bǎ yī fu nòng zāng le。

He carelessly got his clothes dirty.

Words with 弄

逗弄

dòu nòng

to tease

里弄

lǐ lòng

lanes and alleys

显弄

xiǎn nòng

to flaunt

丢眉弄色

diū méi nòng sè

to wink at sb

作弄

zuò nòng

to tease

侍弄

shì nòng

to look after

侮弄

wǔ nòng

to mock

倒弄

dǎo nong

to move (things around)

劐弄

huō leng

(dialect) to mix

吟风弄月

yín fēng nòng yuè

lit. singing of the wind and the moon; fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art)

含饴弄孙

hán yí nòng sūn

lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom)

呼弄

hū nòng

to fool

More characters with 玉