yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
亥

亥 hài

“twelfth earthly branch”

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

Carries Helium

气 gas → gas
+
亥 hài
=
氦 hài · He 2

Transliterates syllable 1 of he·lium: helium → hài.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.