yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

“think, consider, ponder; final particle”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese si1. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Strontium

metal → solid metal
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· Sr 38

Transliterates syllable 1 of stron·tium: strontium.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.