yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
亚

亚 yà

“Asia; second”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese aa3. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Argon

气 gas → gas
+
亚 yà
=
氩 yà · Ar 18

Transliterates syllable 1 of ar·gon: argon → yà.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.