yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
拿

拿 ná

“take, hold, grasp; bring; with”

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

Carries Neptunium

钅 metal → solid metal
+
拿 ná
=
镎 ná · Np 93

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

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.