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The character 腈 is a modern scientific term for nitriles, organic compounds containing a cyano group. It is a phono-semantic compound, using the semantic radical 月 (flesh/body, adapted for organic carbon frameworks) and the phonetic component 青 for pronunciation. Created specifically to fill a gap in Chinese chemical terminology, it has a precise technical definition without broader or colloquial use. Its structure follows systematic rules for naming organic molecules, pairing a classifier for organic compounds with a phonetic element.