manhwa

English

Etymology

From Korean 만화 (manhwa), from Japanese 漫画 (manga).

Noun

manhwa (plural manhwas or manhwa)

1. (comics) A Korean comic.
   • 2004, Christopher Hart, Manhwa Mania: How to Draw Korean Comics, Watson-Guptill Publications (2004), →ISBN, page 7:

     In fact, many manga fans don't realize that their favorite comics — such as Priest, Ragnarock, and Island — are actually Korean manhwa!

   • 2007, Jason Thompson, Manga: The Complete Guide, Del Rey (2007), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     Since the Korean language reads left to right (unlike Chinese and Japanese), manhwa are printed left to right in the same format as English books.

   • 2008, Mark James Russell, Pop Goes Korea: Behind the Revolution in Movies, Music, and Internet Culture, Stone Bridge Press (2008), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     As the best Japanese titles were mined, the American companies began to look for alternatives, and Tokyopop's founder Stuart Levy already had a budding interest in Korean manhwa.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:manhwa.

Hypernyms

• comic/comics

Coordinate terms

• manga - Japanese comics
• manhua - Chinese comics
• komku - Malaysian comics

Related terms

• manhwaga (a manhwa artist/author)

See also

• comic book
• comic strip
• 4-koma

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French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Korean 만화 (manhwa)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.nwa/

• Audio:

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Noun

manhwa m (plural manhwas)

1. (comics) Korean comics

Hypernyms

• bédé / BéDé / BD / bande dessinée

Coordinate terms

• manga
• manhua