yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
告

告 gào

“tell, announce, inform; accuse”

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

Carries Zirconium

钅 metal → solid metal
+
告 gào
=
锆 gào · Zr 40

Transliterates syllable 1 of zir·co·nium: zirconium → gào.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.