yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
普

普 pǔ

“universal, general, widespread”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese pou2. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Praseodymium

钅 metal → solid metal
+
普 pǔ
=
镨 pǔ · Pr 59

Transliterates syllable 1 of pra·seo·dy·mium: praseodymium → pǔ.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.