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

  1. Corrupt characters or letters, especially from...

Ancestry of “mojibake”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese文字化けcorrupt characters or letters, especially from...
2Japanese文字a letter, a character; script, writing system; a...
3Middle Chinese文字—
Every word from Middle Chinese 文字 →Every word from Japanese 文字 →Every word from Japanese 文字化け →