yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
思

思 sī

“think, consider, ponder; final particle”

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

Carries Strontium

钅 metal → solid metal
+
思 sī
=
锶 sī · Sr 38

Transliterates syllable 1 of stron·tium: strontium → sī.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.