Definitions

the ponyfishes, aka slipmouths (Leiognathidae, a family of fishes in the order Perciformes); Taiwan pr. [bì]

Etymology

About

The character 鲾 is a noun for a small fish, the ponyfish or slipmouth, and is the simplified form of the traditional 鰏. Structurally, it combines a semantic radical with a phonetic component. On the left, the radical 鱼 (fish) indicates its taxonomic category. On the right, the component 畐 provides the pronunciation. In simplification, the left-side radical was reduced from 魚 to 鱼, while the right-side phonetic element remained unchanged.