ゴウ, ハ, ソウ

school of fish, fish's mouth moving, exhaling sound

JLPT0 G13 S0 F5000

As per # (press/fit together) + mouth → press the lips together in sucking in air (compare , and ). The *opening and closing of a fish's mouth* is a borrowed meaning → *school of fish*.

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