History of The Term
Linguistically, 漫画 (manga), 漫畫 (manhua), and 만화 (漫畫 manhwa) all mean comics in Japanese, Chinese, and Korean respectively. The word, of Japanese origin, is a compound of two kanji (Chinese characters). These type of words are called 和製漢語 (wasei kango). A parallel example is the term 電話 (telephone, denwa?) which also originated in Japan from the kanji 電 (electricity) and 話 (speak). The term was then adopted in Chinese and Korean, similar to how "telephone" was coined in English from the Greek roots "tele" and "phonos", and then spread back into Greek and other languages. Complications arise because in these languages the terms manga/manhua/manhwa can all mean comics in general but also specifically refer to Japanese-style comics. Specifically, Korean-style manga is often called 한국 만화 (Korean Manhwa/Manga) in Korean.
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