小火
Chinese edit
small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving | ||
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trad. (小火) | 小 | 火 | |
simp. #(小火) | 小 | 火 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
小火
Synonyms edit
- 文火 (wénhuǒ)
Antonyms edit
- 大火 (dàhuǒ)
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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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 edit
Noun edit
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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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 edit
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Usage notes edit
- boya, although an unapproved reading of 小火, is used much more commonly than shōka