Where does “mojibake” come from?
mojibake (English) comes from Japanese 文字化け, from Japanese 文字, from Middle Chinese 文字.
mojibake (English): Corrupt characters or letters, especially from...
Definitions
- Corrupt characters or letters, especially from...
Ancestry of “mojibake”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 文字化け | corrupt characters or letters, especially from... |
| 2 | Japanese | 文字 | a letter, a character; script, writing system; a... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 文字 | — |