yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

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

gas → gas
+
nǎi
=
nǎi · Ne 10

Transliterates syllable 1 of neon: neonnǎi.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.