餃 meaning and stroke order
Stuffed dumplings
How to write 餃, stroke by stroke
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Meaning of 餃
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- dumplings with meat filling
How 餃 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Food.
飠 gives the meaning and 交 hints at the sound.
Radical: 飠 (food), shared by 44 characters on this site.
How to remember 餃
The left side 飠 is the food radical, and the right side 交 (jiāo) gives the sound. Picture dough edges that cross and join (交) around a filling to make food you eat.
餃 almost always appears in the word 餃子 (jiǎozi), the boiled or pan-fried dumplings eaten all year and especially at Lunar New Year. In mainland simplified Chinese it is written 饺. Example: 我們包餃子吧。(Wǒmen bāo jiǎozi ba.) Let's make dumplings.
Common mistake: Learners often say jiāo (first tone) because of the phonetic 交, but 餃 is third tone, jiǎo. Also do not confuse it with 較 (jiào, compare), which has the vehicle radical 車 instead of the food radical.
Common words with 餃
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 餃子 | jiǎozi | dumpling; pot-sticker | HSK 2 |
Questions about 餃
How many strokes are in 餃?
餃 is written with 14 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 餃 mean?
餃 (jiǎo) means stuffed dumplings. A common word with it is 饺子 (jiǎozi), meaning "dumpling; pot-sticker".
How do you pronounce 餃?
餃 is pronounced jiǎo, in the third tone (dipping).
What is the radical of 餃?
The radical of 餃 is 飠, which carries the idea of "food". Dictionaries list 餃 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 餃?
餃 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 饺, used in mainland China and Singapore.
What verb do you use for making dumplings?
Chinese uses 包 (bāo, to wrap): 包餃子 (bāo jiǎozi) means to make dumplings by wrapping them. For cooking them you can say 煮餃子 (zhǔ jiǎozi, boil dumplings).
How are 餃子 different from other dumplings like 包子 or 餛飩?
餃子 are half-moon shaped with a thin wrapper and are boiled, steamed, or pan-fried. 包子 (bāozi) are larger fluffy steamed buns, and 餛飩 (húntun) are small wontons usually served in soup.