m 3 a 1 n 1 g 2 a 1
5 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
originEtymology tree Japanese 漫 Japanese 画 Japanese 漫画 (manga)bor. English manga Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Compare Mandarin 漫畫／漫画 (mànhuà), Korean 만화 (漫畵／漫畫, manhwa). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai. Doublet of manhua and manhwa.
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