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鲈, the Chinese character for 'bass', is a phono-semantic compound. The traditional form 鱸 pairs the fish radical 魚 (indicating an aquatic creature) with the phonetic 盧, which supplies the sound. In the simplified script, the components become the simplified radical 鱼 and the abbreviated phonetic 卢, drastically reducing the number of strokes while preserving the original character's structure and function. Throughout its history, it has exclusively referred to the bass, with no abstract or metaphorical senses.
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