manhwa

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Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 만화(漫畫) (manhwa), from Japanese 漫(まん)画(が) (manga). Doublet of manga and manhua.

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Noun

manhwa (plural manhwas or manhwa)

  1. (comics) A Korean comic.
    Coordinate terms: manga, manhua
    • 2004, Christopher Hart, Manhwa Mania: How to Draw Korean Comics, Watson-Guptill Publications, →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, published 2007, →ISBN:
      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, published 2008, →ISBN:
      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.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 만화(漫畫) (manhwa), from Japanese 漫(まん)画(が) (manga). Doublet of manga and manhua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.nwa/; /man.hwa/
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Noun

manhwa m (plural manhwas)

  1. (comics) manhwa (Korean comic)
    Coordinate terms: manga, manhua

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Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 만화(漫畫) (manhwa), from Japanese 漫(まん)画(が) (manga). Doublet of manga and manhua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: man‧hwa

Noun

manhwa

  1. (comics) manhwa (Korean comic)
    Hypernym: komik

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