yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
哀

哀 āi

“sad, mournful, pitiful; pity”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese oi1. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Einsteinium

钅 metal → solid metal
+
哀 āi
=
锿 āi · Es 99

Transliterates syllable 1 of eins·tei·nium: einsteinium → āi.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.