yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

“each, individually, every, all”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese gok3. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Chromium

metal → solid metal
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· Cr 24

Transliterates syllable 1 of chro·mium: chromium.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.