yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

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

metal → solid metal
+
mài
=
mài · Mt 109

Transliterates syllable 1 of meit·ne·rium: meitneriummài.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.