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鳔 (traditional 鰾) is a phono-semantic compound. The fish radical 鱼 on the left situates it within the realm of fish anatomy, while the right-side component 票 (piào) serves purely as a phonetic cue for the pronunciation "biào". The character denotes the swim bladder (also called the air bladder), an internal organ in most bony fish that regulates buoyancy. In culinary and commercial contexts, it also refers to the dried swim bladder, which is processed for food or into industrial adhesives.
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