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A phono-semantic compound, 鳓 (simplified) combines the fish radical 鱼 with the phonetic 勒 (lè), while its traditional form 鰳 uses the unsimplified radical 魚 in the same structural arrangement. The radical establishes the character's aquatic domain, and 勒 provides the pronunciation. It names a bony type of herring and carries no figurative or extended meanings.
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