Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 文字化け(もじばけ) in Japanese

文字化け
Kana Reading
もじばけ
Romaji
mojibake
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    corruption (of text, e.g. in email, due to improper encoding); garbling; illegal character; corrupted text; garbled text
    Example sentence
    メッセージなぜか文字化けしていたので修復して読みました For some reason the message text was corrupted, so I restored it before reading.

Examples of 文字化け, もじばけ in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 4

6 strokes

character, letter, word, section of village

On'Yomi: ジ

Kun'Yomi: あざ, あざな, -な

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JLPT 4

4 strokes

sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

On'Yomi: ブン, モン

Kun'Yomi: ふみ, あや

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JLPT 3

4 strokes

change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization

On'Yomi: カ, ケ

Kun'Yomi: ば.ける, ば.かす, ふ.ける, け.する

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