yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

nèi

“inside”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese noi6. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Sodium

metal → solid metal
+
nèi
=
· Na 11

Transliterates syllable 1 of nat·rium: natrium.

The reading drifted: the component is read nèi, the element nà.