Chinese

Japanese

Etymology

漫画 ‎(manga, “comics”) +‎ 家 ‎(ka, “-ist”)

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) まんがか [màńgáká] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [mã̠ŋɡ̃a̠ka̠]

Noun

漫画家 ‎(hiragana まんがか, romaji mangaka, historical hiragana まんぐわか)

1. a cartoonist; a comics artist
   • 2007 July 23, Mitsuru Adachi, “メモリーオフ 前編 [Memory Off: First Chapter]”, in ショート・プログラム [Short Program], volume 3 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Shogakukan, ISBN 978-4-09-127873-9, page 112:

     白 (しろ)い……どこもかしこも、まつ白 (しろ)だ……これがあの世 (よ)なのか。漫 (まん)画 (が)家 (か)にとっては本 (ほん)当 (とう)の天 (てん)国 (ごく)だな。静 (しず)かだ……何 (なに)も聞 (き)こえない。

     Shiroi…… Doko mo kashiko mo, matsu shiro da…… Kore ga ano yo nano ka. Mangaka ni totte wa hontō no tengoku da na. Shizuka da…… Nani mo kikoe nai.

     White…… All over the place, endless white…… This feels like the otherworld. The true paradise for comics artists. So quiet…… Not even hearing a thing.

     原 (げん)稿 (こう)料 (りょう)どろぼ——

     Genkōryō doro bo——

     You wanna get paid or not——

Descendants

• English: mangaka
• French: mangaka

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 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