manga

Meaning

1. (countable) A comic originating in Japan.
2. (uncountable) An artistic style heavily used in, and associated with, Japanese comics, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of comics from other countries.
3. (broadly, countable, proscribed, sometimes) Any comic in such a style, regardless of the country of origin.

Synonyms

cartoon

comics

Translations

manga

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mangá

مانغا

مَانْغَا

مَنْجَا

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μάνγκα

manga

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmæŋɡə/

Etymology

Cognate with Mandarin Chinese: -

Cognate with Korean: -

In summary

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Compare Mandarin 漫畫／漫画 (mànhuà), Korean 만화 (漫畵／漫畫, manhwa). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai. Doublet of manhua and manhwa.