yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
如

如 rú

“if, supposing; as if; like, as”

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

Carries Rubidium

钅 metal → solid metal
+
如 rú
=
铷 rú · Rb 37

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

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.