different between manhwa vs manhua

English

Etymology

From Korean ??(??) (manhwa), from Japanese ?? (manga). Doublet of manga.

Noun

manhwa (plural manhwas or manhwa)

1. (comics) A Korean comic.
   • 2004, Christopher Hart, Manhwa Mania: How to Draw Korean Comics, Watson-Guptill Publications (2004), ?ISBN, page 7:

     In fact, many manga fans don't realize that their favorite comics — such as Priest, Ragnarock, and Island — are actually Korean manhwa!

   • 2007, Jason Thompson, Manga: The Complete Guide, Del Rey (2007), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     Since the Korean language reads left to right (unlike Chinese and Japanese), manhwa are printed left to right in the same format as English books.

   • 2008, Mark James Russell, Pop Goes Korea: Behind the Revolution in Movies, Music, and Internet Culture, Stone Bridge Press (2008), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     As the best Japanese titles were mined, the American companies began to look for alternatives, and Tokyopop's founder Stuart Levy already had a budding interest in Korean manhwa.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:manhwa.

Hypernyms

• comic/comics

Coordinate terms

• manga - Japanese comics
• manhua - Chinese comics
• komku - Malaysian comics

Related terms

• manhwaga (a manhwa artist/author)

See also

• comic book
• comic strip
• 4-koma

French

Etymology

From Korean ??(??) (manhwa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.nwa/

Noun

manhwa m (plural manhwas)

1. (comics) Korean comics

Hypernyms

• bédé / BéDé / BD / bande dessinée

Coordinate terms

• manga
• manhua

Indonesian

Etymology

From Korean ?? (manhwa) (??), from Japanese ??(???) (manga). Doublet of manga and manhua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?man.hwa]
• Hyphenation: man?hwa

Noun

manhwa

1. manhwa, a Korean comic.

   Hypernym: komik

Further reading

• “manhwa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

English

Etymology

From Mandarin ?? (mànhuà), from Japanese ?? (manga). Doublet of manga.

Noun

manhua (countable and uncountable, plural manhuas)

1. (comics) Chinese comics

Hypernyms

• comics

Coordinate terms

• manga - Japanese comics
• manhwa - Korean comics
• komku - Malaysian comics

Anagrams

• Huaman

French

Etymology

From Mandarin mànhuà (?? / ??)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man.wa/, /man.xwa/

Noun

manhua m (plural manhuas)

1. (comics) manhua; Chinese comics (?? / ?? / mànhuà)

Hypernyms

• bédé / BéDé / BD / bande dessinée

Coordinate terms

• manga (Japanese comics)
• manhwa (Korean comics)