懂中文 Dong Chinese

饺

jiǎo

stuffed dumplings

Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 交 represents the sound. Simplified form of 餃.

Components
饣 meaning component

饣  Meaning component

shí

  

eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

交 sound component

交  Sound component

jiāo

  

to cross

Evolution

饺 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
饺 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

饺 (餃) 

jiǎo

stuffed dumplings; dumplings with meat filling

Most common words with 饺
Freq.
Word
Meaning

饺子

dumpling

饺

dumplings with meat filling

水饺

boiled dumpling

包饺子

to wrap jiaozi (dumplings or potstickers)

蒸饺

steamed dumpling