yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

“type of caldron with three hollow legs; name of a state; Kangxi radical 193”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese lik6. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Cadmium

metal → solid metal
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=
· Cd 48

Transliterates syllable 1 of cad·mium: cadmium.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.