yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

le

“to finish; particle of completed action”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese liu5. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Ruthenium

metal → solid metal
+
le
=
liǎo · Ru 44

Transliterates syllable 1 of rut·he·nium: rutheniumliǎo.

The reading drifted: the component is read le, the element liǎo.