mojibake

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 文字化け (mojibake), from 文字 (moji, “character”) + 化ける (bakeru, “to transform, take a different form”, generally in a negative way). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌməʊd͡ʒiˈbɑːki/, /-keɪ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmoʊd͡ʒiˈbɑki/, /-keɪ/ Hyphenation: mo‧ji‧ba‧ke === Noun === mojibake (uncountable) (computing) Corrupt characters or letters, especially resulting from being displayed or transferred through an inappropriate character set or encoding. ==== Related terms ==== emoji ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === mojibake on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Japanese == === Romanization === mojibake Rōmaji transcription of もじばけ