The doctor advised him to reduce his sodium intake.
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The 钅(金) radical indicates it's a metal element. Common compounds: 氯化钠 (lǜhuànà, sodium chloride / table salt), 碳酸钠 (tànsuānnà, sodium carbonate). On nutrition labels, 钠 is listed as a key nutrient.
Left metal radical — the simplified side-form of 金. The indexing radical, marking 钠 as a metallic element: sodium (Na). The whole modern periodic-table column of alkali metals sits under this radical — 锂 (lithium), 钾 (potassium), 铷 (rubidium), 铯 (caesium). Inorganic element names almost always use 钅 plus a phonetic.
Right 内 supplies the sound — nèi shifting to nà through a regular nasal vowel alternation. 内 itself shows 入 (enter) under 冂 (cover), the picture of going inside. Same phonetic feeds 纳 (receive), 衲 (patched robe), 呐 (shout). Chosen here for the nà sound that approximates Latin natrium, the source of sodium's symbol Na.
