饺 jiǎo
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 饣 — food
- Made of
- 饣 food 交 to connect
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
饺子
jiǎozi
dumplings
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 我爱吃饺子。 Wǒ ài chī jiǎozi. I love eating dumplings.
- 饺子很好吃。 Jiǎozi hěn hǎochī. Dumplings are very tasty.
- 妈妈包饺子。 Māma bāo jiǎozi. Mom makes dumplings.