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镛, written as 鏞 in its traditional form, refers to a large ancient bronze bell used in court ceremonies and ritual music. This phono-semantic compound features the metal radical 钅 (jīn; traditionally 釒) on the left, indicating its material composition, while the component 庸 (yōng) on the right provides its pronunciation. The term is primarily encountered in historical, archaeological, or musicological discussions of dynastic rites, where such grand percussive instruments played a central ceremonial role.
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