yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
哥

哥 gē

“elder brother”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese go1. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Copernicium

金 metal → solid metal
+
哥 gē
=
鿔 gē · Cn 112

Transliterates syllable 1 of co·per·ni·cium: copernicium → gē.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.