拶刑（拶：zǎn），又称拶指，中国古代一种夹手指的肉刑，一般用于女性。用刑时用绳索穿系着五根小木棍夹住手指，行刑者用力拉紧绳索，轻者皮开肉绽，重者指骨可能被夹断。官府常用此刑对女犯逼供。刑具叫做「拶子」。据说，行刑时衙役先把拶子朝地上一摔，吓唬受刑的犯人。然后命令犯人跪地双手合掌，向上高举过头顶，不让犯人看到自己受刑的双手，再把刑具套上犯人的指缝之间，夹在大拇指以外四对手指的指根部位，拉动绳套收拢木棍，挤压犯人的手指，造成剧痛。而犯人看不到受刑的双手，会加强用刑的效果，更快失去抗拒的意志。行刑时两个衙役在犯人左右两旁收绳，一个衙役在犯人身后扯着犯人头发，防止过度挣扎。还有是 “敲”，是把拶子收紧后，把绳套绕在拶子上绑牢，用木榔头敲打拶棍的两头，使拶棍在指根间来回移动，摩擦被夹紧的指根表皮。加重受刑者的痛苦。所以“敲”也叫“撺梭”。敲得多了会使指根脱皮溃烂，痛苦非凡。

Zánzhǐ (Pinyin; Wade-Giles romanization, tean zu; literally, "squeeze fingers") 拶指 is one technique of torture that was used in ancient China. For interrogation of female suspects without threatening life or limb, zánzhǐ was generally applied. It consisted of a set of six wooden sticks positioned around and between the fingers and connected by strings. Each time the prisoner refused to testify or confess, the string was pulled, slowly, agonisingly squeezing the fingers between the sticks until their bones were crushed. The Soviet KGB used a variant of this for crushing fingers or toes. The kia quen, a similar device applied exclusively to men, was used to crush the feet or ankles.