yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

“take, hold, grasp; bring; with”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese naa4. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Neptunium

metal → solid metal
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· Np 93

Transliterates syllable 1 of nep·tu·nium: neptunium.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.