yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

ěr

“you; that, those; final particle”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese ji5. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Nihonium

metal → solid metal
+
ěr
=
· Nh 113

Transliterates syllable 1 of ni·ho·nium: nihonium.

The reading drifted: the component is read ěr, the element nǐ.

Other elements read ěr

Erbium