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镄 is a modern coinage for the synthetic radioactive element fermium. Its traditional form, 鐨, is a phono-semantic compound: the semantic radical 金 (metal) classifies it as an actinide, while the phonetic component 費 (fèi) approximates the first syllable of "Fermi", the element's namesake. The simplified form 镄 condenses these components to 钅 and 费, respectively. With no classical usage, it exemplifies the systematic creation of Chinese characters for scientific elements, pairing a state-of-matter radical with a phonetic element.