yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

“obtain, get, gain, acquire”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese dak1. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Technetium

metal → solid metal
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Transliterates syllable 1 of tech·ne·tium: technetium.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.