Chinese edit

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

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

小火

  1. (cooking) slow fire; low heat

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Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

Noun edit

小火(ぼや) (boya

  1. small fire

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 1

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

Noun edit

(しょう)() (shōkaせうくわ (seukwa)?

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

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN