食

shi

to eat, meal, food

covered with a lid (亼), there is a good (艮) meal kept warm for eating. Used as part of a character, it changes to 饣.

饿

e

to be hungry, hunger, to starve

eat 饣=食 [shí] + I/me 我^113b[wǒ]

that's food (饣) for me (我) because I (我) am hungry

包

bao

pack(age), wrap

wrap (bao) + unborn child (si)

to wrap a baby with cloth

a shape of a pregnant woman hugging her unborn child

饱

bao

full, satisfied

eat (shi) + wrap (bao)

to be 'full' means you eat so much that you look like a woman who has a child inside

交

jiao

to hand over,

to deliver; cross

intersect; pay

head (tou) + crossed legs (symbol)

under a roof, a head of the family - the father - is responsible for delivering important decisions

饺

jiao

dumpling

eat 饣=食¹³⁷[shí] + mix/deliver 交 [jiāo]

Dumplings are made by delivering (交) various ingredients to eat (饣)