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坩 refers to a crucible, an earthen vessel designed to withstand high temperatures for melting metals or chemical processes. It is a phono-semantic compound: the left-side radical 土 (tǔ, 'earth') indicates the clay or ceramic material, while the right-side component 甘 (gān) provides the pronunciation. The character appears almost exclusively in the compound 坩埚 (gānguō, 'crucible'), and its usage is limited to specialized laboratory and metallurgical contexts.
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