
苛 - Torment
Old dictionaries note a noxious flower that made voices go hoarse, so even the sharp 'ka' from Able scrapes the throat, locking the meaning to Torment. Think of chemistry’s 苛性ソーダ, the ‘caustic’ sting that seals the association.
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