yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

“foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese lou5. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Lutetium

metal → solid metal
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· Lu 71

Transliterates syllable 1 of lu·te·tium: lutetium.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.