yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

lái

“come, coming; return, returning”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese loi4. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Rhenium

metal → solid metal
+
lái
=
lái · Re 75

Transliterates syllable 1 of rhe·nium: rheniumlái.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.