yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
典

典 diǎn

“law, canon; documentation; classic, scripture”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese din2. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Iodine

石 stone → solid non-metal
+
典 diǎn
=
碘 diǎn · I 53

Transliterates syllable 2 of io·di·ne: iodine → diǎn.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.