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The character 钲 refers to an ancient percussion instrument, typically a type of bell or gong used by the military to signal troops to halt or retreat. It is a phono-semantic compound, with the metal radical "钅" on the left indicating its material, and the phonetic component "正" on the right providing its pronunciation. The traditional form, 鉦, uses the full metal radical "金" alongside the same phonetic element. Historically tied to martial contexts, 钲 is now primarily encountered in historical and archaeological discourse rather than in everyday language.
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