Where does “만화가” come from?
만화가 (Korean) comes from Japanese 漫画家, from Japanese 漫画, from Japanese 画, from Middle Chinese 畫 — drawing.
만화가 (Korean): comics artist; cartoonist; comic book creator
Definitions
- comics artist; cartoonist; comic book creator
Ancestry of “만화가”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 漫画家 | a cartoonist; a comics artist |
| 2 | Japanese | 漫画 | a drawing or painting made as one pleases without... |
| 3 | Japanese | 画 | picture, drawing, painting; movie, film, video;... |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 畫 | drawing |