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鱼 yú
Explanation: fish
鱼刺 fishbone  鱼钩 fishhook
象形字里是一条直立的鱼( ):头向上,尾向下。后来鱼身的图案被拉直变为笔画,而鱼尾则由一横代替。

This character depicts the abdomen of a fish( ) , with the head upwards and the tail downwards. Later developments had the body all straightened into strokes, and the tail became four dots. The simplified version of the character鱼even changed the four dots to a horizontal line.