yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

“it; other”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese taa1. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Thallium

metal → solid metal
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· Tl 81

Transliterates syllable 1 of thal·lium: thallium.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.