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镩 combines the metal radical 钅 with the phonetic 窜 (cuān) to form a phono-semantic compound naming a metallic piercing tool. Its traditional form 鑹 uses the unsimplified radical 釒 and the full phonetic 竄. Historically, it designated a metal ice chisel or pickaxe for breaking through thick ice, and today it refers broadly to a metal implement for ice-cutting and agricultural piercing tasks.
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