Manhwa

Manhwa
Hangul
Hanja
Revised Romanization	manhwa
McCune–Reischauer	manhwa

Manhwa (Hangul: 만화, Korean pronunciation: [manhwa]) is the general Korean term for comics and print cartoons (common usage also includes animated cartoons). Outside of Korea, the term usually refers specifically to South Korean comics.

Manhwa has been influenced by the modern history of Korea and the Japanese manga, resulting in a diversity of forms and genres, most of which being imported from their Japanese counterpart. Distinctive manhwa can be found in editorial comic strips, artistically oriented works, and webtoons. Due to its graphical, and story-genre similarities, it is generally admitted by Koreans that the modern Manhwa is a Korean adaptation of the Japanese manga.

Linguistically, 漫画 (manga), 漫畫 (manhua), and 만화 (漫畫 manhwa), 만필화(漫筆畫, manpilhwa) all mean comics in Japanese, Chinese, and Korean respectively. The term, along with manga, is a cognate of the Chinese manhua. Their current use is largely explained by the international success of the Japanese manga. Although in a traditional sense, in these languages the terms manga/manhua/manhwa had a similar meaning of comical drawing in a broad way, nowadays the term generally designate the manga-inspired comic strips. The author of a manhwa is called a manhwaga.

The relative obscurity of Korean culture in the Western world has caused the word "manhwa" to remain somewhat unknown in the English-speaking world. Instead, English translations of manhwa have achieved success by targeting the manga and anime community, to the extent that manhwa are often marketed as "manga."

After 2003, webtoons, the term used for Korean webcomics, are having notable development as setting the form of its platform distinctive from webcomics of other regions.

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