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The character "钙" for the element calcium is a modern linguistic construction created to fit scientific nomenclature, utilizing the standard Chinese practice of forming characters through semantic and phonetic components. Its structure incorporates a reduced form of the metal radical on the left to classify it as a metal, paired with the component "丐" on the right, which approximates the sound of the character. The traditional variant "鈣" exhibits the same compositional principle but uses the unsimplified metal radical. Coined specifically for chemical terminology, the character's meaning has remained exclusively tied to the element calcium since its introduction, demonstrating no semantic shift or expansion beyond this technical domain.
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牛奶富含钙质。
儿童需要补充足够的钙。
钙对骨骼健康至关重要。
你可以通过吃豆制品来获取钙。
缺钙可能导致骨质疏松症。
维生素D有助于钙的吸收。
这种钙片的生物利用度很高。
研究人员正在研究新型钙拮抗剂的药理作用。