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Simplified from 鍰, 锾 is a phono-semantic compound combining the metal radical (钅 in simplified form, 金 in traditional) with the phonetic component 爰. The metal radical originally tied the character to metallurgy and an ancient unit of weight for measuring metals, a sense that later broadened to denote metal currency, coins, and money generally, while 爰 indicates the historical pronunciation.
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