Memory phrase for the character: 蝎

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scorpion

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Left: insect 虫, right: interrogation 曷 (=The mouth with tongue 曰 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner

at the interrogation.)

(For torture:) An insect for the interrogation is the scorpion.

虫	insect	The body 口 and the sting ム of an insect. Also this radical 昆 is understood as insect.
禺	Scorpion	The scorpion is the insect 虫 with the stinger ム between the long hind legs 冂.
曷	interrogation	also as an interrogative particle: why, how, when

蝎虎座	xiē hǔ zuò	Lacerta (constellation)
蝎子	xiē zi	scorpion
天蝎座	Tiān xiē zuò	Scorpio or Scorpius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

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