English

acupuncture, narrow and protrude, (non-classical form of 拶) a torture device in old China consisting of several contractilbe wooden sticks, in between which the fingers of a suspect are placed and pressed to extort confessions

康熙字典

【午集下】【穴字部】䆘 ·康熙筆画：10 ·部外筆画：5

《廣韻》烏甲切《集韻》乙甲切，𠀤音押。入脉刺穴謂之䆘。 又《字彙補》子曷切，音䰖。俗作拶。

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