TSUMUGU · A1 (est.) · 字
餃
餃 ＝ 飠 ＋ 交
ㄐㄧㄠˇ · jiǎo
noun — dumpling (the wrapped, boiled kind)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
飠義the food radical (食) — anything to eat
交聲jiāo — gives the sound and the sense of crossing: the strokes cross over each other, as the wrapper folds and crosses shutthe dumpling pinched closed
Tjiāo → jiǎo — the rising tone falls to a low dip
The food radical (飠) marks it as something to eat; 交 jiāo carries the sound, its tone dipping to jiǎo. 交 also pictures crossing — and a dumpling is dough folded and crossed shut over its filling. It rides the 交 series: 校、效、較.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一張麵皮（飠），對折交疊（交），把餡捏在裡頭。
A round of dough (飠) folded and crossed shut (交), the filling pinched inside.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)餃子— dumpling常用
→水餃、煎餃— boiled / pan-fried dumpling — by how it's cooked
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension