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The character "鳕", whose traditional form is "鱈", is a semantic-phonetic compound comprising the radical 魚 (fish) and the phonetic component 雪 (snow), devised to denote the cod fish, a name likely inspired by its cold-water habitat. Originally coined to represent this specific fish, the character's meaning has remained consistently associated with cod and similar species within the Gadidae family. The simplified form "鳕" retains an identical structural composition, merely substituting the traditional fish radical with its simplified counterpart 鱼.