yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
克

克 kè

“gram; overcome; transliteration”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese hak1. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Krypton

气 gas → gas
+
克 kè
=
氪 kè · Kr 36

Transliterates syllable 1 of kryp·ton: krypton → kè.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.