What "manga" means

[Lotion]

I need some help on this one. I read that the artist Hokusai invented the word manga, which is combined by two Chinese signs:

'Man' 漫 and 'ga' 画.

'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, is that your graphic? 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(漫) means "slow" in Japan too. But usually, we use another Man(慢), meaning "slow".

NANGI

 

[Ancella]

Nangi-san, you've done a great job with that illustration. Btw, I used to learn Chinese, but now... I almost forgot that kind of illustration. Hehehehe

 

[blub29]

Thanks, I'm doing a manga project, and I really needed it.