The kanji 鮎 represents the sweetfish, also known as ayu (a type of freshwater fish). This character specifically refers to this particular species of fish.

・On-yomi (音読み): *None* (typically not used as an on-yomi reading) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): あゆ (*ayu*)

⚫︎ 鮎の塩焼き Translation: Grilled sweetfish with salt. ⚫︎ 鮎釣り Translation: Ayu fishing. ⚫︎ 鮎料理 Translation: Ayu dishes / Cuisine featuring ayu.

The kanji 鮎 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字 *keisei moji*). * The left side, 月 (also written as 肉 *niku* when as a radical, and representing "meat"), provides the meaning component, and relates to the fish's body. * The right side, 占 (*uranai*, meaning "divination" or "to divine") originally acted as a phonetic component, indicating the sound of the word. The phonetic component is less clear now. Over time, the character evolved to exclusively represent the ayu fish.