yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
局

局 jú

“bureau, office; circumstance”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese guk6. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Curium

钅 metal → solid metal
+
局 jú
=
锔 jú · Cm 96

Transliterates syllable 1 of cu·rium: curium → jú.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.