yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

gào

“tell, announce, inform; accuse”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese gou3. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Zirconium

metal → solid metal
+
gào
=
gào · Zr 40

Transliterates syllable 1 of zir·co·nium: zirconiumgào.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.