U+9CDE "鳞" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9CDE "鳞" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily signifies the concept of fish scales or scaly textures, often appearing in contexts related to fish, dragons, or reptiles. In classical and modern Chinese, it is used both literally, such as discussing biological anatomy or describing the shimmering appearance of scaled creatures, and metaphorically, to denote layered or overlapping patterns, as in "鳞次栉比" (row upon row of houses). The character is encoded as part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, which supports writing systems for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, and it carries historical significance in literature and poetry, where it evokes imagery of aquatic life and natural beauty.