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  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose; tossing about (a ship); buffeting

    船は波に翻弄されていた。
    The ship was at the mercy of the waves.

Also written 飜弄【ほんろう】

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Characters in this word

2
翻
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

flip, turn over, wave, flutter, change (mind)

Kun
ひるがえ.るひるがえ.す
On
ホンハン
Strokes
18
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1465 of 2500
Radical
羽 feather
WaniKani
Level 50

Built from

羽田釆米冫
Words starting with 翻Words ending in 翻Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-12-6SKIP code
6b12.3The Kanji Dictionary
2762.0Four corner code
2253deroo
7ffbUnicode hex code
1-43-61JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3681Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4694New Nelson (John Haig)
1897New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2391Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1219Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1676Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1911Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2060Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1779A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1551Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
28814XMorohashi
1826A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
596Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
606Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1659Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1903Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
760Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1575Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1930Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fan1Pinyin reading
beonKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
50WaniKani level
弄
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

play with, tamper, trifle with

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
On
ロウル
Strokes
7
Taught
Junior high
Radical
廾 two hands

Built from

王廾
Words starting with 弄Words ending in 弄Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
2-4-3SKIP code
4f3.2The Kanji Dictionary
1044.1Four corner code
5f04Unicode hex code
1-47-14JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2924Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1668New Nelson (John Haig)
3057Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2129Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2558Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
731Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
9596Morohashi
2004Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
nong4, long4Pinyin reading
rongKorean reading