U+9BAB "鮫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+9BAB "鮫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that in modern usage primarily refers to a shark, though in classical texts it also denotes a mythical dragon-like creature or a large, fierce aquatic animal, often translated as a "shark" or "sea monster." This kanji, also used in Japanese, appears in compound terms such as "鮫肌" (samehada) meaning "shark skin," and its structure combines the "fish" radical (魚) on the left with the phonetic component "交" (jiao) on the right. The character is encoded in the CJK Unified Ideographs block of Unicode, supporting its use across various East Asian languages, and its historical significance extends to its presence in classical literature, including references in Chinese mythology and Japanese folklore.