yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
辛

辛 xīn

“bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem; Kangxi radical 160”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese san1. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Zinc

钅 metal → solid metal
+
辛 xīn
=
锌 xīn · Zn 30

Transliterates syllable 1 of zinc: zinc → xīn.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.