饺
dumplings with meat filling
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,056 U+997A
How 饺 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
饣 (semantic, “food”) + 交 (phonetic, jiāo)
How to remember it
dumpling · Heisig RSH #2525
食 food + 交 mingle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 交
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 交 (jiāo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 交 sound component | jiāo | to connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix |
| 校 | xiào | school; military field officer |
| 效 | xiào | result, effect; effective |
| 咬 | yǎo | to bite, to gnaw |
| 较 | jiào | to compare; relatively; more |
| 绞 | jiǎo | intertwined; to twist, to wring; to hang a criminal |
| 郊 | jiāo | suburbs, outskirts; wasteland, open space |
| 狡 | jiǎo | cunning, deceitful, treacherous |
| 皎 | jiǎo | white; bright, brilliant; clear |
| 鲛 | jiāo | shark |
| 跤 | jiāo | to tumble, to fall; to wrestle |
| 蛟 | jiāo | a legendary scaled dragon |
| 佼 | jiǎo | beautiful, handsome, good-looking |
| 姣 | jiāo | beautiful, handsome, pretty |
| 洨 | xiáo | a river in Hebei province |
| 茭 | jiāo | an edible aquatic grass; Zizania aquatica |
Words containing 饺
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水饺儿 | shuǐ jiǎo r | erhua variant of 水餃|水饺[shui3 jiao3] |
| 包饺子 | bāo jiǎo zi | to wrap jiaozi (dumplings or potstickers) |
| 饺子馆 | jiǎo zi guǎn | dumpling restaurant |
| 水晶饺 | shuǐ jīng jiǎo | crystal dumpling, a type of dumpling popular in southern China and Taiwan, named for its t… |
| 饺子 | jiǎo zi | dumpling; pot-sticker; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 水饺 | shuǐ jiǎo | boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli) |
| 花饺 | huā jiǎo | dumpling |
| 虾饺 | xiā jiǎo | prawn dumplings |
| 蒸饺 | zhēng jiǎo | steamed dumpling |
| 煎饺 | jiān jiǎo | fried dumpling |
| 饺饵 | jiǎo ěr | dumpling; pot-sticker; same as 餃子|饺子 |