yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

pǒu

“to spit out”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese tau3. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Berkelium

metal → solid metal
+
pǒu
=
péi · Bk 97

Transliterates syllable 1 of ber·ke·lium: berkeliumpéi.

The reading drifted: the component is read pǒu, the element péi.