yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

“thought, idea, opinion; think”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese ji3. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Ytterbium

metal → solid metal
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· Yb 70

Transliterates syllable 1 of yt·ter·bium: ytterbium.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.