U+9C8E "鲎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9C8E "鲎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to the horseshoe crab, a marine arthropod species found in coastal waters of East and Southeast Asia. In modern Chinese, it is commonly used in the word "鲎鱼" (hòuyú), though it is also recognized in traditional contexts for its historical significance, as the creature's blue blood was once used in traditional medicine or lunar calendar references. The character combines the radical for "fish" (鱼) with a phonetic component, reflecting its zoological classification and pronunciation in Mandarin as "hòu".