yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

fèi

“expenses, expenditures, fee”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese fai3. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Fermium

metal → solid metal
+
fèi
=
fèi · Fm 100

Transliterates syllable 1 of fer·mium: fermiumfèi.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.