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漫画 is the Japanese word for cartoon, comic, caricature, or comic strip.
The older traditional form is 漫畫 and is sometimes still used in Taiwan and China (and occasionally in Japan) when referring specifically to Japanese comics.
You'll see the same 漫画 used in Mainland China as well since 画 is not just the modern Japanese form but also the Simplified Chinese version of the original 畫.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 漫画 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
漫画 see styles |
manga(p); manga(p) まんが(P); マンガ(P) |
More info & calligraphy: Manga |
漫畫 漫画 see styles |
màn huà man4 hua4 man hua |
More info & calligraphy: ManhuaSee: 漫画 |
漫画化 see styles |
mangaka まんがか |
(noun/participle) (1) caricaturing; (noun/participle) (2) (See 漫画) turning a movie, novel, etc. into a manga; making a comic version of something |
漫画字 see styles |
mangaji まんがじ |
comic font; rounded handwriting |
漫画家 see styles |
mangaka まんがか |
cartoonist; manga artist |
漫画本 see styles |
mangabon; mangahon(ik) まんがぼん; まんがほん(ik) |
comic book |
漫畫家 漫画家 see styles |
màn huà jiā man4 hua4 jia1 man hua chia |
cartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka) See: 漫画家 |
エロ漫画 see styles |
eromanga; eromanga エロまんが; エロマンガ |
erotic manga; pornographic manga |
暴走漫畫 暴走漫画 see styles |
bào zǒu màn huà bao4 zou3 man4 hua4 pao tsou man hua |
rage comic |
漫画喫茶 see styles |
mangakissa まんがきっさ |
manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour) |
漫画映画 see styles |
mangaeiga / mangaega まんがえいが |
animated film; cartoon |
漫画雑誌 see styles |
mangazasshi まんがざっし |
comic book |
続き漫画 see styles |
tsuzukimanga つづきまんが |
serial cartoon; serial comic; serial comic strip |
テレビ漫画 see styles |
terebimanga テレビまんが |
(obsolete) animated TV show; cartoon |
四コマ漫画 see styles |
yonkomamanga よんコマまんが |
four panel comic |
漫画研究会 see styles |
mangakenkyuukai / mangakenkyukai まんがけんきゅうかい |
(1) society for the study of manga; (2) manga club |
パラパラ漫画 see styles |
paraparamanga パラパラまんが |
flip book; flick book |
講談社漫画賞 see styles |
koudanshamangashou / kodanshamangasho こうだんしゃまんがしょう |
(personal name) Kodansha Manga Award |
Variations: |
yonkomamanga よんコマまんが |
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma |
Variations: |
webumanga ウェブまんが |
webcomic; web manga |
Variations: |
manganiku(manga肉); manganiku(manga肉, 漫画肉) マンガにく(マンガ肉); まんがにく(まんが肉, 漫画肉) |
cylindrical slab of meat on a single bone (oft. depicted in manga, anime, etc.); cartoon meat |
Variations: |
mangakissa(manga喫茶, 漫画喫茶); mangakissa(manga喫茶) まんがきっさ(まんが喫茶, 漫画喫茶); マンガきっさ(マンガ喫茶) |
(See 漫画) manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour) |
Variations: |
mangaka(漫画家, manga家)(p); mangaka(manga家) まんがか(漫画家, まんが家)(P); マンガか(マンガ家) |
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka |
Variations: |
yonkomamanga よんこままんが |
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Manga | 漫画 | manga | màn huà / man4 hua4 / man hua / manhua | |
Manhua | 漫畫 漫画 | màn huà / man4 hua4 / man hua / manhua | ||
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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