小火

Chinese
 
small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
fire; angry; fierce
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (小火) 小 火
simp. #(小火) 小 火

Pronunciation

Noun

小火

  1. (cooking) slow fire; low heat

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Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
小 火
Grade: 1 Grade: 1
irregular

The kanji are jukujikun.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from "ぼやぼや", onomatopoeia relating to cooking miso or just the sound of "small fire"?”)

Pronunciation

Noun

小火(ぼや) • (boya) 

  1. small fire

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
小 火
しょう
Grade: 1		 か
Grade: 1
on’yomi

/seukwa/ → /ɕeuka/ → /ɕoːka/

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Sinitic or Middle Chinese?”)

Pronunciation

Noun

小(しょう)火(か) • (shōka) ←せうくわ (seukwa)?

  1. small fire
Usage notes
  • boya, although an unapproved reading of 小火, is used much more commonly than shōka

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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