漫画
Old HSK 6
漫画 (mànhuà) · comic
漫画 (mànhuà) means “comic; cartoon”. It is written with 2 characters: 漫 (inundating) + 画 (to draw). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 漫画 is built
The characters
漫 màn · inundating
What 漫 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 曼màn — long
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 罒wǎng — net
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 又yòu — and
- 日rì — sun; day
画 huà · to draw
What 画 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 凵qiǎn — container
- 田tián — field
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: A painting on an easel; compare 畫, which includes the brush (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
孩子们喜欢看漫画书。Háizimen xǐhuan kàn mànhuà shū.Children like reading comic books.
他画的漫画很有趣。Tā huà de mànhuà hěn yǒuqù.The cartoons he draws are very funny.
Questions about 漫画
What does 漫画 mean?
漫画 (mànhuà) means “comic; cartoon”.
How do you pronounce 漫画?
漫画 is pronounced mànhuà.
Which HSK level is 漫画?
漫画 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 浪漫làngmànromantic
- 漫长mànchángvery long
- 弥漫mímànto fill the air
- 画家huàjiāpainter
- 画儿huàrpicture
- 图画túhuàpicture
- 动画片dònghuàpiàncartoon
- 画蛇添足huàshétiānzúto overdo it
- 画huàto draw
Learn 漫画 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 123: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.