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Where does “4コマ漫画” come from?

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

4コマ漫画 (Japanese): a four-frame comic strip

Definitions

  1. a four-frame comic strip

Ancestry of “4コマ漫画”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese漫画a drawing or painting made as one pleases without...
2Japanese画picture, drawing, painting; movie, film, video;...
3Middle Chinese畫drawing

Words derived from “4コマ漫画”

  • yonkoma
  • 4コマ
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