yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
太

太 tài

“very, too, much; big; extreme”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese taai3. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Titanium

钅 metal → solid metal
+
太 tài
=
钛 tài · Ti 22

Transliterates syllable 1 of ti·ta·nium: titanium → tài.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.