what "manga" means [Archive]

what "manga" means [Archive] - Japan Forum

Lotion

Mar 24, 2003, 11:05

...need some help on this one. I read that the artist Hokusai invented the word manga, combined by two chinese signs 'Man' and 'ga' - .. 'ga' means picture...but what does 'Man' mean???
please help!!!

Kikuchiyo

Mar 25, 2003, 10:28

Manga (mahn-gah), Literally reads "irresponsible pictures", but has come to mean Japanese comics.

My source was taken from http://mangaproject.cjb.net I'd trust they know the right meaning^^;

NANGI

Mar 25, 2003, 10:57

Konnichiwa Lotion-san!

Yes, "Ga" means picture. And "Man" means "wayward", "willfulness", "haphazard", "random", "unrestricted" and "freely".
"Manga" means freely picture without formality.

NANGI

thomas

Mar 25, 2003, 18:36

Nangi-san, have you created that illustration? That's a fantastic job!

op3l

Mar 26, 2003, 08:18

the "Man" in chinese means "slow" or that's my understanding of it. But I don't think Lotion was interested in the chinese translation heh

NANGI

Mar 26, 2003, 08:52

Konnichiwa Thomas-san! Op3l-san!

to Thomas-san
Yes, I created the illustration. Writing Kanji is not difficult to me, but English is more hard.:D

to Op3l-san
Of course Man(漫) has meaning "slow" in Japan too. But usually we use another Man(慢) in meaning "slow".:note:

NANGI

Ancella

Apr 2, 2003, 00:16

Nangi-san,
You've done agreat jod with that illustration. Btw, I used to learn Chinese, but now... I almost forgot that kind illustration. hehehehe:p

blub29

Oct 20, 2008, 05:00

thanx im doin a project on manga n i really needed this :cool: