yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

hài

“twelfth earthly branch”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese hoi6. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Helium

gas → gas
+
hài
=
hài · He 2

Transliterates syllable 1 of he·lium: heliumhài.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.