U+9CC7 "鳇" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9CC7 "鳇" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Han character that traditionally refers to a large, ancient species of sturgeon, particularly the Chinese sturgeon or "house sturgeon" (Huso dauricus), which is known for its massive size and value in Chinese culture for its meat and caviar. This ideograph is composed of a phonetic component and a radical related to fish, reflecting its aquatic association, and it is used in modern Chinese as well as in classical texts to denote this specific fish. The character is not commonly used in everyday writing but appears in specialized zoological, culinary, or historical contexts, especially when discussing sturgeon species native to East Asian waters.