yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
麦

麦 mài

“wheat, barley, oats; simplified form of Kangxi radical 199”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese mak6. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Meitnerium

钅 metal → solid metal
+
麦 mài
=
鿏 mài · Mt 109

Transliterates syllable 1 of meit·ne·rium: meitnerium → mài.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.