文字化け

Japanese

kanjitab

Definitions

corrupt characters or letters, especially from display or transfer through an inappropriate character set or encoding, e.g., , which is a corruption of 文字化け

Etymology

Compound from Japanese 文字 (character, letter, script, characters, writing, letters, writing system) + Japanese 化け (transforming).

Origin

Japanese

化け

Gloss

transforming

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

mojibake English
へた文字 Japanese
キリル文字 Japanese
ギャル文字 Japanese
ヘブライ文字 Japanese
化け Japanese
化け物 Japanese
大文字 Japanese
小文字 Japanese
文字 Japanese
文字組み Japanese
楔形文字 Japanese
機種依存文字 Japanese
環境依存文字 Japanese
組文字 Japanese
表語文字 Japanese
西夏文字 Japanese