yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
粦

粦 lín

“phosphorus (element 15, P)”

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

Carries Phosphorus

石 stone → solid non-metal
+
粦 lín
=
磷 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.