饺jiǎo
stuffed dumplings. 9 strokes, radical 饣, first met in HSK 2.
Pinyin jiǎoStrokes 9Radical 饣Band HSK 2Words 1
How to write 饺
Strokes 1–3 write 饣, then strokes 4–9 write 交.
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Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 饺 · the stroke-order rules
What 饺 is made of
饣 (shí, food) and 交 (jiāo, to connect).
饣 carries the meaning — food — and 交 carries the sound.
Words that use 饺
| 饺子 | dumpling, potsticker 用面皮包着馅料做成的传统食物 桌子上摆着刚出锅的饺子。On the table sit freshly cooked dumplings. Lesson 37, 交朋友 · 鸿儒硕学与市井生计 · Scholarly Exchanges, Culinary Flavors & Urban Life |
Characters that share the sound part 交
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 饣
All 10 of them, and what the radical means, on the 食 radical page.