The kanji 漁 primarily means "fishing" or "to fish". It refers to the act of catching fish or other aquatic animals. It encompasses the general concept of obtaining resources from the water, including both the activity itself and the people involved in it.

・On-yomi (音読み): ・ギョ (gyo) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): ・あさ（る） (asa(ru)) - to fish, to search for

⚫︎ 漁業 (gyogyō) Translation: Fishing industry ⚫︎ 漁師 (ryōshi) Translation: Fisherman ⚫︎ 漁船 (gyosen) Translation: Fishing boat

The kanji 漁 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, keisei moji). It is composed of two parts: ⚫︎ The water radical (氵or 㳄, mizu) on the left side, which suggests its connection to water, the environment in which fishing takes place. ⚫︎ The phonetic component (魚, sakana), meaning "fish", on the right side. This part contributes to the sound and hints at the core meaning of catching fish. Therefore, 漁 clearly shows how to catch or obtain fish (魚) from the water (氵).