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Bagarius, an Asian genus of catfishes
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The character "魾" designates a type of large catfish, and its construction is a phono-semantic compound where the traditional form incorporates the "魚" radical to semantically categorize it as a fish, while the phonetic component "丕" approximates its historical pronunciation. The simplified form condenses the radical to "鱼" but retains the identical phonetic element "丕". Etymologically, the character was created to name this specific fish, with the phonetic chosen for its sound value in earlier stages of the language, and its meaning has remained strictly zoological without acquiring additional or divergent senses over time.
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