小火

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Noun

小火

  1. (cooking) slow fire; low heat

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
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
しょう
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
on'yomi

/seukwa//ɕeuka//ɕoːka/

Pronunciation

Noun

(しょう)() • (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. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN