yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
合

合 hé

“combine, unite, join; gather”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese hap6. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Hafnium

钅 metal → solid metal
+
合 hé
=
铪 hā · Hf 72

Transliterates syllable 1 of haf·nium: hafnium → hā.

The reading drifted: the component is read hé, the element hā.