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Etymology
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]
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
^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
