弄: toy with

toy with; fiddle; mock

7 strokesSecondary · Stage 4 (about 2級)in 6 words here

Readings

ロウ・ル

Kun

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

Kun 弄る (いじる) and 弄ぶ (もてあそぶ) are often written in kana; on-yomi ロウ appears in 翻弄 and 愚弄.

弄るいじるto fiddle with

弄ぶもてあそぶto toy with

翻弄ほんろうbeing tossed about

愚弄ぐろうmockery

兄あには暇ひまさえあれば、スマホを弄いじっている。

My older brother fiddles with his phone whenever he has a spare moment.

小舟こぶねは荒あれた海うみの波なみに翻弄ほんろうされた。

The small boat was tossed about by the waves of the rough sea.

人ひとの気持きもちを弄もてあそぶようなことをしてはいけない。

You must not do things that toy with other people's feelings.