yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

“change; easy”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese ji6. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Tin

metal → solid metal
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Not a plain transliteration: the component was chosen for its meaning, or the name is older than the system.

The reading drifted: the component is read yì, the element xī.

Other elements read yì

Ytterbium