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The character "肽" is a modern scientific neologism coined to represent the biochemical term "peptide", with its construction based on the semantic-phonetic principle common in Chinese character formation. It incorporates the radical "月", which derives from "肉" and indicates a relation to organic substances, alongside the component "太" that primarily serves a phonetic function. Since its creation for technical use, the character's meaning has remained specifically tied to denoting the chains of amino acids, and its form, consistent in both simplified and traditional contexts, reflects this specialized purpose without historical deviation.