yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

“skin, hide, fur, feather; outer”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese pei4. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Beryllium

metal → solid metal
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Transliterates syllable 1 of be·ryl·lium: beryllium.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.