Dictionary

manhuajia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• män′hwä′jyä′

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 漫畫家 /漫画家 (mànhuàjiā). Doublet of mangaka and manhwaga.

Meanings

1. A manhua (Chinese comic) author or artist.
   • Most of the art work in Wanxiang is by a group of artists who are most often referred to today as manhuajia 漫畫家 (cartoonists), many of whom had been members of a cartoon society that was established in Shanghai in December 1926. 2020, Paul Bevan, ‘Intoxicating Shanghai’ – An Urban Montage, →ISBN:
   • The creators of these East Asian comics also have specific titles: a person who makes manga is a mangaka, a person who creates manhwa is a manhwaga, and a person that makes manhua is a manhuajia. 2022, Jieun Kiaer, Ben Cagan, Pragmatics in Korean and Japanese Translation, →ISBN:
   • Some of the manga introuced during this period came through unauthorized copying by local Taiwanese manhuajia, who adapted original Japanese manga into a Taiwanese-style three horizontal grid. 2019, Lee, I. Yun, “The Development of Taiwan Manhua”, in Haruhiko Fujita, Christine Guth, editors, Encyclopedia of East Asian Design, →ISBN:

Forms

Coordinates

cartoonist · mangaka · manhwaga

Relateds

manhua

Translations (5)

ja 中国の漫画家 (manhua author or artist) · hi मान्हुआ लेखिका (manhua author or artist) · cmn 漫畫家 /漫画家 (manhua author or artist) · hi मान्हुआ लेखक (manhua author or artist) · yue 漫畫家 /漫画家 (manhua author or artist)