yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

lín

“phosphorus (element 15, P)”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese leon4. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Phosphorus

stone → solid non-metal
+
lín
=
lín · P 15

Not a plain transliteration: the component was chosen for its meaning, or the name is older than the system.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.