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The character "鳜" is derived from its traditional form "鱖", a phono-semantic compound combining the semantic radical "魚" (fish) with the phonetic component "厥" to indicate pronunciation. This structure, preserved in the simplified version with "鱼" as the radical, has consistently denoted the mandarin fish (Siniperca chuatsi) since early textual records, and its meaning has not diverged from this specific piscine reference over time.
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