yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

“supreme ruler, emperor; god”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese dai3. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Tellurium

stone → solid non-metal
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· Te 52

Transliterates syllable 1 of tel·lu·rium: tellurium.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.