U+9C3A "鰺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9C3A "鰺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Han character historically used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing, where it is generally defined as a term for a type of fish, often specifically referring to the horse mackerel or jack mackerel (Trachurus species). The character is composed of the "fish" radical on the left and a phonetic component on the right that suggests its pronunciation, which in Mandarin is shēn, in Japanese is read as aji or saba, and in Korean as sam. Though relatively obscure in modern everyday use, it appears in classical texts and fishing terminology, particularly in Japanese cuisine where aji is a common fish used for sashimi and grilling, linking the character to a tangible cultural practice.