虾饺
xiā​jiǎo

prawn dumplings

虾 xiā shrimp Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 下 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蝦.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
下
下 Sound component
xià, xia under

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

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
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Unicode

蝦 xiā shrimp Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 叚 represents the sound.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
叚
叚 Sound component
jiǎ, xiá false

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthæ[ɡ]ˤrahae-mae frog; shrimp
Zhengzhangqʰraː
ɡraː
Unicodeha

說文解字

蝦蟆也。从虫叚聲。

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

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