yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

“elder brother”

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

Carries Copernicium

metal → solid metal
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· Cn 112

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

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.