yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
艾

艾 ài

“artemisia, mugwort”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese ngaai6. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Astatine

石 stone → solid non-metal
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艾 ài
=
砹 ài · At 85

Transliterates syllable 1 of as·ta·ti·ne: astatine → ài.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.