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The character "钹", which denotes a pair of cymbals, is structured as a pictophonetic compound where the radical indicates the object's material and the remaining component suggests its sound. Its traditional form, "鈸", combines the metal radical "金" with the phonetic element "犮", while the simplified form "钹" substitutes the metal radical with its abbreviated variant "钅" while retaining "犮". The meaning of the character has consistently referred to this specific percussion instrument since its adoption, with no recorded expansion or alteration of its semantic use.