yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

“second; 2nd heavenly stem”

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

Carries Yttrium

metal → solid metal
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Transliterates syllable 1 of ytt·rium: yttrium.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.