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The character 鲴, the simplified form of 鯝, belongs to the phono-semantic category: its left-hand component, the fish radical 鱼, conveys the semantic field, while the right-hand component 固 gives the pronunciation. In early usage, it functioned as an anatomical term for the intestines or internal organs of a fish. Over time, the character's meaning migrated to taxonomy, where it now serves as the name of a cyprinid freshwater genus, often called yellowtail or xenocypris in English.
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