yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

gài

“beggar; beg; give”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese koi3. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Calcium

metal → solid metal
+
gài
=
gài · Ca 20

Transliterates syllable 1 of cal·cium: calciumgài.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.