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镄 is a modern scientific coinage for the synthetic radioactive element fermium. The traditional form 鐨 places the metal radical 金 on the left, signifying an actinide, and the phonetic 費 (fèi) on the right, chosen to approximate the first syllable of 'fermium,' named after physicist Enrico Fermi. The simplified 镄 uses the abbreviated radical 钅 and the simplified phonetic 费. Lacking classical roots or usage outside modern chemistry, the character exemplifies the systematic creation of element names by pairing a semantic radical for state of matter with a phonetic approximation of the international name.
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