yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

ruò

“if, supposing, assuming; similar”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese joek6. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Nobelium

metal → solid metal
+
ruò
=
nuò · No 102

Transliterates syllable 1 of no·be·lium: nobeliumnuò.

The reading drifted: the component is read ruò, the element nuò.