yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

diǎn

“law, canon; documentation; classic, scripture”

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

Carries Iodine

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

Transliterates syllable 2 of io·di·ne: iodinediǎn.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.