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The character 镍 is a phono-semantic compound, formed with the semantic radical 钅 (indicating metals) and the phonetic component 臬. Its traditional form is 鎳, using the metal radical 釒. This character was created to represent nickel, a silvery-white transition metal, and is used exclusively as a technical term in chemistry, metallurgy, and industry, with no historical literary or metaphorical meanings.