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The character "饺", referring specifically to the filled dumpling, is a relatively recent and specialized creation in the Chinese writing system, derived from the more general character "角", which historically described horn-shaped food items. Its structure combines the semantic component "食" (food) with the phonetic component "交", which hints at its pronunciation and distinguishes its meaning within the culinary domain. Over centuries, the term evolved from a broad category that included various crescent-shaped pastries or snacks to its much more specific and dominant modern meaning denoting the wheat-flour dumpling with savory fillings, a meaning that became standardized in the Ming and Qing periods. The traditional form "餃" maintains the same phonetic and semantic components, merely presenting the "食" radical in its unsimplified form.
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我们吃饺子。
妈妈包了白菜猪肉饺。
春节时全家一起包饺子。
煮饺子时要加三次冷水。
饺子是北方年夜饭的主角。
这家餐厅的煎饺非常有名。
素食者可以选择香菇素饺。
这家饺子馆的秘方传了三代。