yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

“universal, general, widespread”

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

Carries Praseodymium

metal → solid metal
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· Pr 59

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

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.