Dong Chinese dictionary

jiǎo

stuffed dumplings

Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 交 represents the sound.

Components

飠 Meaning component

shí

eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

交 Sound component

jiāo

to cross

Definitions

jiǎo

stuffed dumplings; dumplings with meat filling

Most common words with 餃

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

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