yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
丐

丐 gài

“beggar; beg; give”

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

Carries Calcium

钅 metal → solid metal
+
丐 gài
=
钙 gài · Ca 20

Transliterates syllable 1 of cal·cium: calcium → gài.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.