mojibake

English

Mojibake in the text of Japanese Wikipedia, displayed with the wrong encoding.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 文字化け (mojibake), from 文字 (moji, character) + 化ける (bakeru, transform, take a different form, generally in a negative way).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌmoʊ.dʒiˈbɑ.ki/, /ˌmoʊ.dʒiˈbɑ.keɪ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌməʊ.dʒiˈbɑː.ki/, /ˌməʊ.dʒiˈbɑː.keɪ/
Examples

•¶Žš‰»‚¯ – a corruption of 文字化け

Noun

mojibake (uncountable)

  1. (computing) Corrupt characters or letters, especially from display or transfer through an inappropriate character set or encoding.

Synonyms

  • krakozyabry

Translations

Further reading


Japanese

Romanization

mojibake

  1. Rōmaji transcription of もじばけ
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