Manga Definition
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Noun
Origin of Manga
Japanese man unrestrained, careless (from Early Middle Chinese manh) (also the source of Mandarin màn) ga sketch, picture (borrowed after the Middle Chinese period from a Chinese source, perhaps Mandarin hu´) (from Middle Chinese xfiwaːj`)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Japanese 漫画 (manga まんが), from Middle Chinese 漫 (màn "free", "unrestrained") + 畫 (ɣwɛ̀ "drawing") (compare Mandarin mànhuà 漫画, Korean manhwa 만화). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.
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