yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
内

内 nèi

“inside”

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

Carries Sodium

钅 metal → solid metal
+
内 nèi
=
钠 nà · Na 11

Transliterates syllable 1 of nat·rium: natrium → nà.

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