硅
Silicon Si · 14
solid non-metal · period 3, group 14 · p-block
Anatomy
石 radical 石 shí
stone → solid non-metal
+ stone → solid non-metal
圭 sound and meaning
= 硅 guī
Meaning-based. The second half also names a property of the element. From 硅素 in japanese
Homophones
No other element shares this syllable.
Unicode
U+7845 in CJK Unified Ideographs