yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

diū

“discard”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese diu1. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Thulium

metal → solid metal
+
diū
=
diū · Tm 69

Transliterates syllable 1 of thu·lium: thuliumdiū.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.