Where does “4コマ” come from?

4コマ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 4コマ漫画, from Japanese 漫画, from Japanese 画, from Middle Chinese 畫 — drawing.

4コマ (Japanese): Clipping of 4コマ漫画

Definitions

  1. Clipping of 4コマ漫画

Ancestry of “4コマ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese4コマ漫画a four-frame comic strip
2Japanese漫画a drawing or painting made as one pleases without...
3Japanese画picture, drawing, painting; movie, film, video;...
4Middle Chinese畫drawing

Words derived from “4コマ”

Every word from Middle Chinese 畫 →Every word from Japanese 画 →Every word from Japanese 漫画 →