yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
乃

乃 nǎi

“then; really, indeed; as it turned out, after all; namely”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese naai5. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Neon

气 gas → gas
+
乃 nǎi
=
氖 nǎi · Ne 10

Transliterates syllable 1 of neon: neon → nǎi.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.