manhwa

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmænwɑː/, /ˈmænhwɑː/, /ˈmɑːnwɑː/, /ˈmɑːnhwɑː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnwɑ/, /ˈmɑnhwɑ/, /ˈmænwɑ/, /ˈmænhwɑ/
• Rhymes: -ænwɑː, -ænhwɑː, -ɑːnwɑː, -ɑːnhwɑː
• Homophone: manhua

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^[1], 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^[2], 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.

Derived terms

• pornhwa

Related terms

• manhwaga

Translations

Translations

• French: manhwa (fr) m
• Indonesian: manhwa
• Russian: ма́нхва f (mánxva)
• Ukrainian: ма́нхва f (mánxva)

See also

• comic book
• comic strip
• 4-koma

French

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/

• Audio:

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Noun

manhwa m (plural manhwas)

1. (comics) manhwa (Korean comic)

   Coordinate terms: manga, manhua

Hypernyms

• Webtoon / BD / bande dessinée / Manga / Coréenne /

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈman.hwa]
• Hyphenation: man‧hwa

Noun

manhwa

1. (comics) manhwa (Korean comic)

   Hypernym: komik

Further reading

• “manhwa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.