蒸饺
zhēng​jiǎo

steamed dumpling

蒸 zhēng steam

Steam 烝 provides the meaning and sound

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass
烝
烝 Meaning component
zhēng rise

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyingtəŋtwigs as firewood
Zhengzhangkljɯŋ
Unicodejiəng
jiɛng

說文解字

折麻中榦也。从艸烝聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang 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