饺 jiǎo dumpling

Made up of [饣 shí food; eat radical 184, 交 jiāo to hand over; to deliver; to turn over ]
Alternative traditional form of character: 餃
Made with 8 strokes.

Food radical combined with 'jiao' as phonetic

Related characters


Also uses 饣 shí component: 饱 bǎo (to eat till full) 饭 fàn (food) ; 馆 guǎn (building) ; 饮 yǐn (to drink)
Also uses 交 jiāo component: 较 jiào (comparatively) 郊 jiāo (suburbs) ; 胶 jiāo (to glue) ; 校 xiào (school) ; 效 xiào (effect) ; 咬 yǎo (to bite)

Sounds same

角 jiǎo (horn)

Different tone

教 jiāo (to teach) ; 交 jiāo (to hand over) ; 郊 jiāo (suburbs) ; 胶 jiāo (to glue) ; 叫 jiào (called) ; 教 jiào (religion) ; 较 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

饺 子 jiǎo zǐ Dumplings