丂, a twisty water weed

丂 is 表外漢字 which, per Henshall, is a twisty water weed under the surface (the top line).

朽, decay:        A plant under the water with the twisty weed will soon decay.
巧, ingenuity:  My mind, turned to technical things エ, is deep and complicated like
                            that water weed.
号, number:     Our worker found a phone (to me this 漢字 looks like a dial with a
                            receiver beneath), dialed a number, and escaped!  (This one's easier
                            for me because it's part of 電話番号, phone number.)
考, think over:  This to me is like a person or worker 者, except he's like that water
                            weed -- he's thinking over how to do things.
拷, torture:       Uh-oh.  Someone's raising a hand to him.  "Think!  Remember the
                             information I want!"
誇, boast:        "To hear him talk, he's a big man who can walk on water.  But notice
                            that surfboard he's actually standing on!"

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