yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
尔

尔 ěr

“you; that, those; final particle”

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

Carries Nihonium

金 metal → solid metal
+
尔 ěr
=
鿭 nǐ · Nh 113

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

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

Other elements read ěr

铒 Erbium