Where does “manhua” come from?

manhua (English) comes from Chinese Mandarin 漫畫, from Japanese 漫画, from Japanese 画, from Middle Chinese 畫 — drawing.

manhua (English): Chinese comics

Definitions

  1. Chinese comics

Ancestry of “manhua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese Mandarin漫畫—
2Japanese漫画a drawing or painting made as one pleases without...
3Japanese画picture, drawing, painting; movie, film, video;...
4Middle Chinese畫drawing
Every word from Middle Chinese 畫 →Every word from Japanese 画 →Every word from Japanese 漫画 →