yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

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

metal → solid metal
+
fāng
=
fāng · Fr 87

Transliterates syllable 1 of fran·cium: franciumfāng.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.