yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

“Buddhist nun; transliteration”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese nei4. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Niobium

metal → solid metal
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· Nb 41

Transliterates syllable 1 of nio·bium: niobium.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.