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鲚 is the simplified form of 鱭, a phono-semantic compound: the radical 鱼 (yú) signals a fish, while 齐 (qí) supplies the sound. The character names small, slender fish, particularly the tapertail anchovy or grenadier anchovy, which inhabit East Asian coastal waters and estuaries. Its meaning has always been strictly biological, without metaphorical extensions, and the fish radical directly anchors its sense.
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