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The character 钭 originally denoted an ancient bronze wine dipper, used for serving and pouring wine. It combines the metal radical 金 (simplified to 钅) to indicate the material, with 斗, which is both a phonetic component and a pictograph of a measuring dipper, reinforcing the vessel's meaning. The traditional form 鈄 preserves the full metal radical, while the simplified form 钭 uses the abbreviated 钅 radical, leaving 斗 unchanged. In modern Chinese, its original meaning is obsolete, and it is now only a rare surname.
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