만화

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 漫畫, from 漫 (“free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (“drawing”), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 漫(まん)画(が) (manga).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈma̠(ː)nβwa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [만(ː)화]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?manhwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?manhwa
McCune–Reischauer?manhwa
Yale Romanization?mān.hwa

Noun

만화 • (manhwa) (hanja 漫畫/漫畵)

  1. comics, manga, manhwa, manhua
    일본의 만화 ― Ilbon-ui manhwa ― Japanese manga
    한국의 만화 ― Han'gug-ui manhwa ― Korean manhwa

Usage notes

  • All comics in general are called 만화 (manhwa) in Korean. In other countries, the romanization manhwa is typically used for comics produced primarily for the Korean market.

Derived terms

  • 만화가 (漫畫家, manhwaga)
  • 미국 만화 (miguk manhwa)
  • 충융 만화 (chung'yung manhwa)
  • 순정 만화 (sunjeong manhwa)
  • 소늉 만화 (sonyung manhwa)
  • 명랑만화 (myeongnangmanhwa)

Descendants

  • → English: manhwa (“Korean comics”)
  • → French: manhwa (“Korean comics”)
  • → Russian: ма́нхва́ (mánxvá, “Korean comics”)
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