U+9C8F "鲏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9C8F "鲏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of fish, specifically the bitterling or a small freshwater fish from the family Cyprinidae. It combines the radical for fish (鱼) with a phonetic component suggesting its pronunciation, which is often read as "pí" in modern Mandarin. Historically, this character appears in classical texts and dictionaries like the Kangxi Zidian, where it denotes a fish found in rivers and lakes, sometimes associated with a scaly or flattened body. In contemporary usage, it remains a relatively rare character, mostly encountered in specialized biological contexts or historical literature.