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漫画

漫画

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 漫画 – see 漫畫. (This term, 漫画, is the simplified form of 漫畫.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
漫	画
まん Grade: S	が Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

/mangwa/ > /manga/.

Pronunciation

On'yomi: Goon
(Tokyo) まんが [màńgá] (Heiban - [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [mã̠ŋɡ̃a̠]

Noun

漫画 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 漫畫, hiragana まんが, katakana マンガ, romaji manga, historical hiragana まんぐわ)

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

Compounds

漫画本 (まんがほん) ‎(mangahon), 漫画本 (まんがぼん) ‎(mangabon)
漫画家 (まんがか) ‎(mangaka)
漫画字 (まんがじ) ‎(mangaji)

Descendants

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

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.