文字化け
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 文 | 字 | 化 |
| もん > も Grade: 1 |
じ Grade: 1 |
ば Grade: 3 |
| irregular | goon | kun’yomi |
| Examples |
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Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
- corrupt characters or letters, especially from display or transfer through an inappropriate character set or encoding
Descendants[edit]
- English: mojibake
See also[edit]
- 豆腐化け (tōfubake): a form of corrupted text display, where code points that are not included in the current font are instead displayed with empty rectangles that resemble blocks of tofu
References[edit]
- ^ 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 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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