yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

kāi

“open; initiate, begin, start”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese hoi1. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Californium

metal → solid metal
+
kāi
=
kāi · Cf 98

Transliterates syllable 1 of ca·li·for·nium: californiumkāi.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.