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锞 (traditional: 錁) is a phono-semantic compound that combines the metal radical 钅 (jīn, simplified from 金) with the phonetic 果 (guǒ, 'fruit'). Historically, it denoted a small ingot of silver or gold, cast into ornamental shapes and used as currency or as gifts for festive and formal occasions. Although these ingots were once central to economic and social exchange, the character is now obsolete in daily use and appears almost exclusively in historical fiction, numismatics, and classical texts on dynastic monetary customs.
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