jiǎo

dumplings with meat filling

food (饣) + sound of jiāo (交) = filled dumplings

The food radical 饣 anchors the meaning in something edible. 交 (jiāo) is purely phonetic, lending its sound to approximate jiǎo.

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Food (variant of 食)Semantic

妈妈今天包了很多子。

māma jīntiān bāo le hěn duō jiǎozi。

Mom wrapped a lot of dumplings today.

过年的时候,我们全家一起吃子。

guònián de shíhou,wǒmen quánjiā yìqǐ chī jiǎozi。

During the new year, our whole family eats dumplings together.

Words with 饺

饺子

jiǎo zi

dumpling

饺子馆

jiǎo zi guǎn

dumpling restaurant

饺饵

jiǎo ěr

dumpling

包饺子

bāo jiǎo zi

to wrap jiaozi (dumplings or potstickers)

水晶饺

shuǐ jīng jiǎo

crystal dumpling, a type of dumpling popular in southern China and Taiwan, named for its translucent, slightly chewy wrapper made with tapioca starch

水饺

shuǐ jiǎo

boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli)

水饺儿

shuǐ jiǎo r

erhua variant of 水餃|水饺[shui3 jiao3]

煎饺

jiān jiǎo

fried dumpling

花饺

huā jiǎo

dumpling

蒸饺

zhēng jiǎo

steamed dumpling

虾饺

xiā jiǎo

prawn dumplings

More characters with 饣