yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

“cottage, hut; surname; black”

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

Carries Rutherfordium

metal → solid metal
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· Rf 104

Transliterates syllable 1 of rut·her·for·dium: rutherfordium.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.