Mnemonic
A heavy hand slams the table. 'Consider your next words very carefully,' the interrogator snarls. Each defiant silence earns another crushing blow. This is torture — relentless strikes until a confession spills from bloodied lips.
Additional thoughts
Picture the hand literally beating someone while demanding they consider confessing. The hand is the instrument of pain, and consider is what the victim is forced to do under duress. The combination naturally evokes a brutal interrogation scene.Quick recall
A hand forces you to consider confessing through torture.Details
The keyword for 拷 is torture. This kanji refers to the act of inflicting severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion, particularly in the context of interrogation. It carries the specific connotation of beating or striking a person to extract a confession, as was historically practiced in judicial proceedings. The character is most commonly seen in the compound 拷問, meaning interrogation through torture.
- On'yomi
- ごう