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鳀, which represents the anchovy or similar small fish, is a phono-semantic compound: the semantic radical 鱼 on the left indicates a fish, and the component 是 on the right suggests the pronunciation. Its traditional form 鯷 uses the unsimplified 魚 while keeping the phonetic 是 unchanged. Throughout its history, the character has denoted various small coastal marine fish, with biological classification varying by region and era. Its composition has consistently relied on the fish radical and 是 to convey meaning and sound, never developing notably divergent secondary meanings.
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