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镎 is a modern character created to represent the synthetic element neptunium. It is a phono-semantic compound, combining the semantic radical 钅 (metal) with the phonetic component 拿, which gives it its pronunciation. Its traditional form is 鎿, using the radical 釒 with the same phonetic element. The character has a single, fixed scientific meaning, denoting only the radioactive actinide element with atomic number 93, and follows the standard Chinese convention for naming metallic elements.