yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
方

方 fāng

“a square, rectangle; a region; local”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese fong1. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Francium

钅 metal → solid metal
+
方 fāng
=
钫 fāng · Fr 87

Transliterates syllable 1 of fran·cium: francium → fāng.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.