yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
乙

乙 yǐ

“second; 2nd heavenly stem”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese jyut3. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Yttrium

钅 metal → solid metal
+
乙 yǐ
=
钇 yǐ · Y 39

Transliterates syllable 1 of ytt·rium: yttrium → yǐ.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.