煎饺
jiān​jiǎo

fried dumpling

煎 jiān fry in fat or oil

Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 前 represents the sound.

Components

灬
灬 Meaning component
biāo, huǒ fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

前
前 Sound component
qián in front

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔslen
ʔslens
Unicodetziɛn

說文解字

熬也。从火前聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

饺 jiǎo stuffed dumplings Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 交 represents the sound. Simplified form of 餃.

Components

饣
饣 Meaning component
shí eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

交
交 Sound component
jiāo to cross, to mix

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

餃 jiǎo stuffed dumplings Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 交 represents the sound.

Components

飠
飠 Meaning component
eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

交
交 Sound component
jiāo to cross, to mix

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode