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Chinese
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small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving |
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小
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火
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小
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火
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Pronunciation
Noun
小火
- (cooking) slow fire; low heat
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Japanese
Etymology 1
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 • (boya)
- small fire
Etymology 2
/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
小火 • (shōka) ←せうくわ (seukwa)?
- small fire
Usage notes
- boya, although an unapproved reading of 小火, is used much more commonly than shōka
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