yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
者

者 zhě

“that which; he who; those who”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese ze2. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Germanium

钅 metal → solid metal
+
者 zhě
=
锗 zhě · Ge 32

Transliterates syllable 1 of ger·ma·nium: germanium → zhě.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.