yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
帝

帝 dì

“supreme ruler, emperor; god”

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

Carries Tellurium

石 stone → solid non-metal
+
帝 dì
=
碲 dì · Te 52

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

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.