口供

oral confession (as opposed to 筆供|笔供[bi3 gong4]) / statement / deposition

Characters and words in 口供

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

供

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

to provide / to supply

供 = 亻 + 共 : Gitta Giraffe ((e)ng1) is donating (供) blood in front of the engine ((e)ng1). Rosa Luxemburg (亻) draws the blood and the communist (共) stores it.

供

gòng = gu + (e)ng4

sacrificial offering / to confess

供 = 亻 + 共 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is being interrogated by Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and the communist (共) In engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Rosa and the communist want to squeeze a confession (供) out of Gitta, so they use the water boarding (供) technique.

Words with 口供

套

tào

口

kǒu

供

gòng

to trap a suspect into a confession

Sentences with 口供

口供 currently does not appear in any sentence.