文字化け

Japanese

FWOTD – 28 February 2017

Kanji in this term
文	字	化
もん > も Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1	ば Grade: 3
irregular	goon	kun'yomi

Examples
`•¶Žš‰»‚¯` Shift-JIS-encoded `文字化け` interpreted as Windows-1252

Etymology

Compound of 文字 (moji, “character, letter”) +‎ 化け (bake), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 化ける (bakeru, “transform, take a different form”, generally in a negative way).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) もじばけ [mòjíbáké] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [mo̞ʑiba̠ke̞]
Audio: (file)

Noun

文(も)字(じ)化(ば)け • (mojibake)

corrupt characters or letters, especially from display or transfer through an inappropriate character set or encoding

Descendants

English: mojibake

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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