mojibake
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mojibake
- /ˌməʊd͡ʒiˈbɑːki/ UK
- /-keɪ/ UK
- /ˌmoʊd͡ʒiˈbɑki/ US
- /-keɪ/ US
Where it comes from
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).
noun
- Corrupt characters or letters, especially resulting from being displayed or transferred through an inappropriate character set or encoding. Alas, you'll even see “text” files where some lines have one encoding but other lines have different encodings. You are guaranteed to see mojibake.
Translations
Every language
noun corrupt characters or letters
| Español | mojibake |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 문자 깨짐 munja kkaejim, 글자 깨짐 geulja kkaejim, 깨진 문자 kkaejin munja, 깨진 글자 kkaejin geulja |
| 日本語 | 文字化け mojibake |
| 中文 | 亂碼 /乱码 luànmǎ |
| Português | mojibake |
| Français | mojibake |
| Deutsch | Mojibake, Krähenfüße, Zeichensalat |
| Italiano | mojibake |
| Română | maimuțica |
| Русский | модзиба́ке modzibáke, бнопня́ bnopnjá, бНОПНЯ́ bNOPNJÁ, бу́ква «зю», кракозя́бра krakozjábra, крякозя́бра krjakozjábra |
| Tiếng Việt | loạn mã |
| العربية | مُوجِيبَاكِي mujibākī |
| עברית | סינית sinít |
Talk about this word "mojibake." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mojibake. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. mojibake. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mojibake "mojibake." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mojibake.Cite this
@misc{mojibake_2026,
title = {mojibake},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mojibake},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
