漫画

See also 漫畫, and 만화

Japanese

Wikipedia ^ja

Kanji in this term
漫	画

Etymology

/mangwa/ > /manga/.

Pronunciation

• 漫画

  (file)

Noun

漫画 (hiragana まんが, katakana マンガ, romaji manga, historical hiragana まんぐゎ)

1. a picture drawn as one pleases without restraint (ex. Hokusai Manga)
2. a pictorial representation which exaggerates features for comic or satirical effect; a caricature
3. a story told with pictures and dialog; a comic

Compounds

• 漫画本 (mangabon)
• 漫画家 (mangaka)
• 漫画字 (mangaji)

Descendants

• English: manga (Japanese comics)
• French: manga (Japanese comics)
• Korean: 만화 (manhwa) (comics)
• Mandarin: 漫畫 / 漫画 (mànhuà) (comics)
• Russian: манга (mánga) (Japanese comics)

See also

• manhua - Chinese comics
• manhwa - Korean comics

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Mandarin

Wikipedia ^cmn

simpl.		漫画
trad.		漫畫

Etymology

From Japanese 漫画.

Noun

漫画 (simplified, Pinyin mànhuà, traditional 漫畫)

1. comics, caricature, cartoon, manga (or manhua)

Descendants

• English: manhua (Chinese comics)
• French: manhua (Chinese comics)

See also

• manga - Japanese comics
• manhwa - Korean comics