yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
弗

弗 fú

“not, negative; dollar”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese fat1. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Fluorine

气 gas → gas
+
弗 fú
=
氟 fú · F 9

Transliterates syllable 1 of fluo·ri·ne: fluorine → fú.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.