yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
来

来 lái

“come, coming; return, returning”

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

Carries Rhenium

钅 metal → solid metal
+
来 lái
=
铼 lái · Re 75

Transliterates syllable 1 of rhe·nium: rhenium → lái.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.