yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

“to stalk; the stem; the foot; the base”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese dik1. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Dysprosium

metal → solid metal
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· Dy 66

Transliterates syllable 1 of dysp·ro·sium: dysprosium.

Same syllable, different tone: dì became dī.

Other elements read dì

Tellurium