What Japanese kana spelling is given for gyoza?

The Japanese kana spelling for gyoza is ぎょうざ.

This spelling uses hiragana, the Japanese syllabary commonly used for native words, grammatical endings, and words whose kanji may be unfamiliar. It represents the pronunciation gyōza, with the long “o” sound usually shown in romanization by a macron.

Gyoza is the Japanese adaptation of Chinese jiaozi, a filled dumpling made with dough and meat or vegetables. Japanese menus may also write the dish in kanji as 餃子, but ぎょうざ is the kana reading and is especially common in everyday packaging and informal writing. A common mix-up is to confuse kana with kanji: kana indicate pronunciation, while kanji convey meaning or historical word identity.

The dish became widely established in Japan after World War II, when Japanese people returning from China brought back familiarity with northern Chinese dumplings. In Japan, gyoza are especially associated with pan-frying, garlic-rich fillings, and ramen restaurants.