jiǎo dumpling

Made up of [ shí food; eat radical 184, jiāo to hand over; to deliver; to turn over ]
Alternative traditional form of character:
Made with 8 strokes.
Food radical combined with 'jiao' as phonetic

Related characters


Also uses shí component: bǎo (to eat till full) fàn (food) ; guǎn (building) ; yǐn (to drink)
Also uses jiāo component: jiào (comparatively) jiāo (suburbs) ; jiāo (to glue) ; xiào (school) ; xiào (effect) ; yǎo (to bite)

Sounds same

jiǎo (horn)

Different tone

jiāo (to teach) ; jiāo (to hand over) ; jiāo (suburbs) ; jiāo (to glue) ; jiào (called) ; jiào (religion) ; jiào (comparatively)

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Proverbs

哑巴吃饺子,心里有数 yǎ ba chī jiǎo zi, xīn lǐ yǒu shù When someone understands the situation without needing to say anything

Phrases

jiǎo zǐ Dumplings