yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

láo

“labor, toil, do manual work”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese lou4. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Lawrencium

metal → solid metal
+
láo
=
láo · Lr 103

Transliterates syllable 1 of law·ren·cium: lawrenciumláo.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.