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A modern phono-semantic compound coined for chemical terminology, 膦 combines the semantic radical 月 (flesh/organic matter) on the left and the phonetic component 粦 (lìn) on the right, derived from 磷, the character for phosphorus. It serves as a precise technical term for phosphine and related organic phosphorus compounds. Created recently and solely for scientific use, the character has no historical or literary meanings.
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