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The character 钣, meaning a flat metal sheet or plate used in construction and manufacturing, is a phono-semantic compound: its metal radical (金, simplified to 钅) indicates the material, and the phonetic component 反 gives the pronunciation bǎn. The traditional form 鈑 uses the full 金 radical; in simplification, this is reduced to 钅, leaving 反 unchanged. It commonly appears in industrial vocabulary for sheet metal work, automotive panels, and metal fabrication.
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