文字化け
Japanese
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文字化け: The Japanese Wikipedia opened in Internet Explorer with improper encoding to illustrate mojibake.
Etymology
Compound of 文字 (moji, “character, letter”) + 化け (bake), the stem form of verb 化ける (bakeru, “transform, take a different form”, generally in a negative way).
Pronunciation
- IPA: [mo̞d͡ʑiba̠ke̞]
Noun
文字化け (hiragana もじばけ, romaji mojibake)
- corrupt characters or letters, especially from display or transfer through an inappropriate character set or encoding, e.g., •¶Žš‰»‚¯, which is a corruption of 文字化け