yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

“if, supposing; as if; like, as”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese jyu4. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Rubidium

metal → solid metal
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· Rb 37

Transliterates syllable 1 of ru·bi·dium: rubidium.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.