what "manga" means

[Lotion]

...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]

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]

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]

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

 

[op3l]

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]

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.

to Op3l-san
Of course Man(窶毒ｸ) has meaning "slow" in Japan too. But usually we use another Man(窶督? in meaning "slow".

NANGI

 

[Ancella]

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

 

[blub29]

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