yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
必

必 bì

“surely, most certainly; must”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese bit1. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Bismuth

钅 metal → solid metal
+
必 bì
=
铋 bì · Bi 83

Transliterates syllable 1 of bis·muth: bismuth → bì.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.