yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
衣

衣 yī

“clothes, clothing; cover, skin; Kangxi radical 145”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese ji1. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Iridium

钅 metal → solid metal
+
衣 yī
=
铱 yī · Ir 77

Transliterates syllable 1 of i·ri·dium: iridium → yī.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.