tyrannize, oppress
虐 centers on cruel, oppressive treatment: tyrannizing or harshly dominating others.
虐 combines 虍 (tiger) with a claw-like lower component, suggesting the cruelty of a tiger's claws. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the tiger association is well established.
The tiger-head 虍 tops a claw-like shape, like a tiger using its claws to tyrannize and oppress.
For ギャク, imagine a cruel tyrant making a harsh, grating sound: gyak! The invented sound gyak cues ギャク while the tiger's claws oppress.
bullying; teasing
slaughter; massacre
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
tyranny; atrocity
suffering (as a result of maltreatment)
sadism
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
My Lai Massacre (1968); Son My Massacre
Rwandan genocide (1994)
child sexual abuse; child molestation
child abuse
eight unpardonable crimes (in ancient Japanese law)
causing pain; sadism
sadism
sadism
sadist
sadism
sadism