character en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkæ.ɹɪk.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /ˈkæɹ(ə)ktɚ/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
- /ˈkɛɹ(ə)ktɚ/ Mary–marry–merry merger
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Hellenic *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)der. Latin charactērder. Old French caracterebor. Middle English caracter English character From Middle English caracter, from Old French caractere, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “to engrave”). Displaced native English thew from Old English þēaw (in the plural) and Old English hād (“person, character”). Doublet of charakter.
Meanings
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(countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
But Pirates! comes with all the usual Aardman strengths intact, particularly the sense that its characters and creators alike are too good-hearted and sweet to nitpick. The ambition is all in the craft rather than in the storytelling, but it’s hard to say no to the proficiency of that craft, or the mild good cheer behind it.
2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2012:[I]n a tragedy, or epick poem, the hero of the piece must be advanced foremost to the view of the reader or spectator; he must outshine the rest of all the characters; he must appear the prince of them, like the sun in the Copernican system, encompassed with the less noble planets …
1695, John Dryden, A Parallel of Poetry and Painting:The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
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(countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; nature; phene.
A single locus governing the petal colour character was detected on the linkage group A2.
We were not able to ascertain the character of the relationship.
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(countable, uncountable) A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.
A study of the suspect's character and his cast iron alibi ruled him out.
A man of […] thoroughly subservient character
1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:The North Staffordshire was always a railway of character from its formation in 1845, and the Railway Member identified with it from the start was also a character. John Lewis Ricardo was M.P. for Stoke-upon-Trent ^([sic]) from 1841 to 1862.
1960 March 14, N. Caplan, “The Railway Member of Parliament”, in Railway Magazine, page 209:Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter III, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
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(uncountable) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
"You may not like to eat liver," said Calvin's father, "but it builds character."
He has a great deal of character.
Shepard: Are you attracted to other species? Kelly: Well, part of my job is predicting the motives and feelings of humans and aliens. Intimacy brings understanding. Kelly: And passion is nice wherever you find it. Character matters, not race or gender.
2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:
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(countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
Julius Caesar is a great historical character.
The North Staffordshire was always a railway of character from its formation in 1845, and the Railway Member identified with it from the start was also a character. John Lewis Ricardo was M.P. for Stoke-upon-Trent ^([sic]) from 1841 to 1862.
1960 March 14, N. Caplan, “The Railway Member of Parliament”, in Railway Magazine, page 209:That bloke is such a character.
STINGER: Don't screw around with me Maverick. You're a hell of an instinctive pilot. Maybe too good. I'd like to bust your butt but I can't. I got another problem here. I gotta send somebody from this squadron to Miramar. I gotta do something here, I still can't believe it. I gotta give you your dream shot, I'm gonna send you up against the best. You two characters are going to Top Gun.
1986, Jim Cash; Jack Epps, Jr.; Ehud Yonay, Top Gun, California: Paramount Pictures:
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(countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter.
It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye.
1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech: An Essay of Inquiry into the Natural Production of Letters: […], London: […] T. N[ewcomb] for J[ohn] Martyn printer to the R[oyal] Society, […], →OCLC:
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(countable, dated) Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.
You know the character to be your brother's?
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:an inscription in the Runic character
- (countable, dated) A secret cipher; a way of writing in code.
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(countable) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
We'll start at the beginning, with the basic building blocks not just of emoji, nor even digital communication, but of all written language: characters and character sets.
2016 November 14, Rob Reed, “Everything You Need To Know About Emoji”, in Smashing Magazine, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2025:
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(countable, informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown.
We saw a shady character slinking out of the office with some papers.
That old guy is a real character.
- (countable) An assignment of complex numbers to each element of a group, in particular a finite abelian group. More precisely, a group homomorphism into the group of units of a field (usually ℂ).
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(countable) Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
in his character as a magistrate
in the miserable character of a slave
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(countable, dated) The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation.
This subterraneous passage is much mended since Seneca gave so bad a character of it.
1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:a man's character for truth and veracity
Her actions give her a bad character.
Somehow or other, truly or untruly, the Irish have obtained a character for gallantry
1828 February, “Irish Popular Songs”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 13, number 72:
- (countable, dated) A reference given to a servant, attesting to their behaviour, competence, etc.
- (countable, obsolete) Personal appearance.
Forms
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Deriveds
characterwise · build character · character trait · characterhood · break character · character theory · noncharacter · character state · Han character · breakout character · character generator · lead character · biocharacter · charactonym · characterful · character man · characterization · character piece · bicharacter · microcharacter · main character syndrome · character beat · character neurosis · character user interface · replacement character · CJK character · character-assassinate · character witness · characteristic · characterize · out-of-character · characterise · cocharacter · character encoding · optical character recognition · character-based · characternym · charactron · intelligent character recognition · gallow character · character disorder · character reference · characterist · characteropathy · character cell · tea-chest character · title character · character recognition · supplementary character · character set · CJKV character · character actor · Hebrew character · character-building · character shoe · combining character · multicharacter · characterless · non-player character · character-forming · character density · in character · ghost character · get into character · ASA character · Chinese character · metacharacter · character arc · characterlike · character actress · subcharacter · base character · original character · demicharacter · intercharacter · box-drawing character · characterologist · character map · setaceous Hebrew character · big-character poster · paragraph character · character amnesia · charactery · special character · megacharacter · character part · character assassination · non-printable character · carriage control character · characterism · character study · character head · character class · out of character · private-use character · supercharacter · Dirichlet character · characterisation · characterology · pseudocharacter
Descendants
Hyponyms
player character · Han character · delete character · stock character · Hàn character · antagonist · main-character syndrome · main character · null character · protagonist · control character · pi character · Hebrew character · escape character · bell character · dominant character · staple character · main character · non-printing character · Chinese character · round character · cartoon character
Synonyms
Translations (405)
ru хара́ктер (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · it personaggio (being in a story) · az özəllik (distinguishing feature) · tl sangkatangian (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · lv tēls (being in a story) · ja 性格 (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · ko 캐릭터 (being in a story) · ru си́мвол (symbol or letter) · uk геро́й (being in a story) · fr personnage (being in a story) · oc caractèr (symbol or letter) · id karakter (distinguishing feature) · hu betűhely ((computing) basic element in a text string) · lt bū̃das (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · nl teken (symbol or letter) · fa-ira سیرَت (moral strength) · ja 記号 (symbol or letter) · ur چال چَلَن (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · fa-ira کاراکْتِر (being in a story) · sh ли̑к (being in a story) · cmn 複數 /复数 ((mathematics) complex number) · ru ли́чность ((informal) unknown person) · bg хара́ктер (moral strength) · fi kirjain (symbol or letter) · eo karaktero (distinguishing feature) · sh кара̀ктер (being in a story) · cmn 字 (symbol or letter) · sw mhusika (being in a story) · be знак (symbol or letter) · fr caractère (symbol or letter) · ga carachtar (distinguishing feature) · ja 指標 ((mathematics) complex number) · he טִיפּוּס ((informal) unknown person) · it carattere ((computing) basic element in a text string) · es carácter (moral strength) · hu karakter ((mathematics) complex number) · hy բնավորություն (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · az personaj (being in a story) · ta பாத்திரம் (being in a story) · cs znak (symbol or letter) · he אופי (moral strength) · pt caráter (distinguishing feature) · mi āhua (distinguishing feature) · ru иеро́глиф (symbol or letter) · fa-ira کاراکْتِر (symbol or letter) · wa persounaedje (notable or eccentric person) · az qılıq (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · lo ອັກສອນ (symbol or letter) · sv karaktär (being in a story) · bg де́йстващо лице́ (being in a story) · mk карактер (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · el χαρακτήρας (notable or eccentric person) · uk хара́ктер (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · es caracter (symbol or letter) · fi luonne (moral strength) · ang bocstæf (symbol or letter) · nl karakter ((computing) basic element in a text string) · da karakter (distinguishing feature) · uk хара́ктер (moral strength) · lt veikėjas (being in a story) · es carácter (distinguishing feature) · hi अक्षर (symbol or letter) · ta குணம் (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · da person (being in a story) · ko 기호 ((computing) basic element in a text string) · pt fortaleza moral (moral strength) · kn ಅಕ್ಷರ (symbol or letter) · pt caractere ((computing) basic element in a text string) · ca caràcter (distinguishing feature) · cmn 品質 /品质 (moral strength) · gd caractar (being in a story) · pt carácter (distinguishing feature) · vi nhân vật (being in a story) · sk charakter (moral strength) · tr kişilik (being in a story) · he אֹפִי ((mathematics) complex number) · ru знак ((computing) basic element in a text string) · pl postać (being in a story) · ar رَمْز (symbol or letter) · cmn 性格 (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · he טִיפּוּס (notable or eccentric person) · de Person (being in a story) · uz personaj (being in a story) · ga litir (symbol or letter) · ka გმირი (being in a story) · ru нрав (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · ta எழுத்துரு ((computing) basic element in a text string) · az xasiyyət (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · te అక్షరము (symbol or letter) · da tegn ((computing) basic element in a text string) · es fulano ((informal) unknown person) · fi persoonallisuus (notable or eccentric person) · da tegn (symbol or letter) · uk знак ((computing) basic element in a text string) · hu n ((computing) basic element in a text string) · da fasthed (moral strength) · fi hahmo (being in a story) · mi āhua (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · fa-ira کاراکْتِر (distinguishing feature) · he דְּמוּת ((informal) unknown person) · arz شخصية (being in a story) · pt figura (notable or eccentric person) · mi pūtohu (distinguishing feature) · vi đặc điểm (distinguishing feature) · az qəhrəman (being in a story) · uk знак (symbol or letter) · cy cymeriad (being in a story) · ga carachtar (symbol or letter) · az xüsusiyyət (distinguishing feature) · sw kibambo ((computing) basic element in a text string) · it personaggio (notable or eccentric person) · hy տիպ (notable or eccentric person) · hi पात्री (being in a story) · ko 자질 (moral strength) · hy կամք (moral strength) · gl carácter (distinguishing feature) · vi kí tự (symbol or letter) · id watak (moral strength) · nl karakter (moral strength) · pt peça (notable or eccentric person) · fa-ira شَخْصِیَّت (being in a story) · it caratteristica (distinguishing feature) · bn হরফ (symbol or letter) · grc ἦθος (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · hu szereplő (being in a story) · hy կերպար (being in a story) · uk персона́ж (being in a story) · es caracter ((computing) basic element in a text string) · cmn 人物 (notable or eccentric person) · fi luonteenlujuus (moral strength) · ja 文字 (symbol or letter) · sw sifa (moral strength) · hy գործող անձ (being in a story) · mi kiripuaki (being in a story) · grc χαρακτήρ (distinguishing feature) · bn চরিত্র (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · ru ли́чность (notable or eccentric person) · id ciri-ciri (distinguishing feature) · sk znak (symbol or letter) · fi heppu ((informal) unknown person) · lb Charakter (distinguishing feature) · ms tokoh (being in a story) · fr caractère ((computing) basic element in a text string) · bg знак (symbol or letter) · da personage (being in a story) · id tokoh (being in a story) · gd litir (symbol or letter) · lv raksturs (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · th อักษร (symbol or letter) · my အက္ခရာ (symbol or letter) · he תָּו (symbol or letter) · ga carachtar ((computing) basic element in a text string) · he תְּכוּנָה (distinguishing feature) · hu leütés ((computing) basic element in a text string) · fi merkki (symbol or letter) · he דְּמוּת (being in a story) · hy հաստատակամություն (moral strength) · hy ուժեղ կամք (moral strength) · he אִישִׁיּוּת (notable or eccentric person) · ru фигу́ра ((informal) unknown person) · fa-ira شَخْصِیَّت (distinguishing feature) · bg си́мвол (symbol or letter) · bg отличи́телна черта́ (distinguishing feature) · be дзе́ючая асо́ба (being in a story) · cmn 人物 (being in a story) · he אוֹת (symbol or letter) · de Character ((computing) basic element in a text string) · ru геро́й (being in a story) · ko 특질 (distinguishing feature) · sv karaktär (distinguishing feature) · fr caractère (moral strength) · hi पात्र (being in a story) · he מאפיין \ מְאַפְיֵן (distinguishing feature) · ko 성격 (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · ro caracter (symbol or letter) · ja 記号 ((computing) basic element in a text string) · de Schriftzeichen (symbol or letter) · tr sembol (symbol or letter) · da karakter (moral strength) · sv tecken (symbol or letter) · hu betű ((computing) basic element in a text string) · ja 特質 (distinguishing feature) · ga carachtar (being in a story) · tr ıra (being in a story) · fa-ira نِویسِه (symbol or letter) · fi tyyppi ((informal) unknown person) · ar شَخْصِيَّة (being in a story) · el χαρακτήρας (symbol or letter) · hi स्वभाव (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · ru отличи́тельная черта́ (distinguishing feature) · cmn 角色 (being in a story) · pt caráter ((computing) basic element in a text string) · ko 문자 (symbol or letter) · sh ли̑к (notable or eccentric person) · da personlighed (notable or eccentric person) · ko 기호 (symbol or letter) · nl persoonlijkheid (distinguishing feature) · fi tyyppi (notable or eccentric person) · et tegelane (being in a story) · ga nádúr (distinguishing feature) · es mishule ((informal) unknown person) · fi karakteri ((mathematics) complex number) · ky мүнөз (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · ru персона́ж (being in a story) · sq karakter ((computing) basic element in a text string) · uk но́ров (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · et karakter (being in a story) · sco chairacter (being in a story) · sv karaktär (moral strength) · nb karakter (being in a story) · ru де́йствующее лицо́ (being in a story) · el χαρακτήρας (moral strength) · bho चरित्तर (distinguishing feature) · sv rollfigur (being in a story) · ru си́мвол ((computing) basic element in a text string) · arz رمز (symbol or letter) · ru хара́ктер (moral strength) · ja 登場人物 (being in a story) · ar خُلْق (moral strength) · gd nàdar (distinguishing feature) · ru персона́ж (notable or eccentric person) · tg ҳарф (symbol or letter) · es carácter (symbol or letter) · bg геро́й (being in a story) · hu karakter ((computing) basic element in a text string) · grc χαρακτήρ (symbol or letter) · hu alak (being in a story) · th อักขระ ((computing) basic element in a text string) · kk мінез (distinguishing feature) · sh osobìna (distinguishing feature) · da rolle (being in a story) · es personaje (notable or eccentric person) · ur سیرَت (moral strength) · be но́раў (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · mi pūāhua ((computing) basic element in a text string) · sh karakterìstika (distinguishing feature) · bg персона́ж (being in a story) · it carattere (distinguishing feature) · pl charakter (distinguishing feature) · pl charakter (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · el χαρακτήρας (being in a story) · fr personnage (notable or eccentric person) · ml കഥാപാത്രം (being in a story) · arz كراكتر (being in a story) · nl karakter (distinguishing feature) · pl charakter (moral strength) · ca personatge (notable or eccentric person) · mi korokē (notable or eccentric person) · ca personatge (being in a story) · bn বৈশিষ্ট্য (distinguishing feature) · ga carachtar ((informal) unknown person) · ca tarannà (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · de Charakter (moral strength) · nb tegn (symbol or letter) · tr simge (symbol or letter) · fi persoona (notable or eccentric person) · sh karàkter (moral strength) · be персана́ж (being in a story) · ga spiorad (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · hy խառնվածք (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · tr ahlak (moral strength) · fi luonteenpiirteet (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · mk лик (being in a story) · uk лі́тера (symbol or letter) · pt caráter (moral strength) · cmn 特性 (distinguishing feature) · fa-ira پِرْسوناژ (being in a story) · sh карактерѝстика (distinguishing feature) · be геро́й (being in a story) · hy բնութագիր (distinguishing feature) · ca caràcter (symbol or letter) · ko 글씨 (symbol or letter) · ja 複素数 ((mathematics) complex number) · sk postava (being in a story) · pt carácter (symbol or letter) · it carattere (symbol or letter) · tr orijinal kimse (notable or eccentric person) · tr hususiyet (distinguishing feature) · bn অক্ষর (symbol or letter) · be гераі́ня (being in a story) · nn teikn (symbol or letter) · ca caràcter (moral strength) · th ตัวละคร (being in a story) · pt carácter (moral strength) · fr caractère (distinguishing feature) · pt personagem (being in a story) · it carattere (moral strength) · de Charakter (distinguishing feature) · ru тип ((informal) unknown person) · ur پانی (moral strength) · uz qahramon (being in a story) · uk дійова́ осо́ба (being in a story) · eo rolulo (being in a story) · ru бу́ква (symbol or letter) · ang hād (being in a story) · sa अक्षर (symbol or letter) · pl usposobienie (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · fa-ira مَنِش (moral strength) · pt caractere (symbol or letter) · uk вда́ча (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · kk таңба ((computing) basic element in a text string) · ur صِفَت (distinguishing feature) · ur خُو (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · cmn 符號 /符号 ((computing) basic element in a text string) · ur کِرْدار (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · ka პერსონაჟი (being in a story) · el χαρακτήρας (distinguishing feature) · ar حَرْف (symbol or letter) · sh karàkter (being in a story) · hy նշան (symbol or letter) · nl persoonlijkheid (notable or eccentric person) · ru хара́ктер (distinguishing feature) · ko 등장인물 (being in a story) · da natur (distinguishing feature) · pl znak (symbol or letter) · ro caracter (distinguishing feature) · fi henkilö (being in a story) · eo persono (being in a story) · he אופי \ אֹפִי (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · fi kirjoitusmerkki (symbol or letter) · hi गुण (distinguishing feature) · ca caràcter (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · az qılıq (moral strength) · fa-ira نِویسِه ((computing) basic element in a text string) · cmn 怪人 (notable or eccentric person) · ckb باتەک (distinguishing feature) · is persóna (being in a story) · nl karakter (symbol or letter) · de Zeichen ((computing) basic element in a text string) · sh особѝна (distinguishing feature) · ru знак (symbol or letter) · ko 글자 (symbol or letter) · ja 資質 (moral strength) · uk хара́ктер (distinguishing feature) · gl carácter (symbol or letter) · fi merkki ((computing) basic element in a text string) · ga spreacadh (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · ast caráuter (symbol or letter) · lv raksturs (distinguishing feature) · uk герої́ня (being in a story) · sq germë ((computing) basic element in a text string) · tr harf (symbol or letter) · sv figur (notable or eccentric person) · da viljestyrke (moral strength) · hi चरित्र (being in a story) · hu karakter (symbol or letter) · cmn 符號 /符号 (symbol or letter) · tl titik (symbol or letter) · cs znak (distinguishing feature) · luy esifa (moral strength) · ru герои́ня (being in a story) · tr karakter ((computing) basic element in a text string) · mi pūāhua (symbol or letter) · ltg īvaigs (being in a story) · be хара́ктар (moral strength) · cs postava (being in a story) · es característica (distinguishing feature) · da figur (being in a story) · sh lȋk (notable or eccentric person) · sh кара̀ктер (moral strength) · ga pearsa (being in a story) · de Zeichen (symbol or letter) · ar مِحْرَف ((computing) basic element in a text string) · ast personaxe (being in a story) · da træk (distinguishing feature) · gu અંધારું (symbol or letter) · gl personaxe (being in a story) · ta எழுத்து (symbol or letter) · yi פּערסאָנאַזש (being in a story) · el χαρακτήρας ((computing) basic element in a text string) · ja キャラクター (being in a story) · he תָּו ((computing) basic element in a text string) · kk кейіпкер (being in a story) · lt charãkteris (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · vi chữ (symbol or letter) · fi luonne (distinguishing feature) · wa persounaedje (being in a story) · eo signo (symbol or letter) · be хара́ктар (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group) · cs znak ((computing) basic element in a text string) · de Figur (being in a story) · arz حرف (symbol or letter) · de Original (notable or eccentric person) · sh lȋk (being in a story) · lt veikėja (being in a story) · sv tecken ((computing) basic element in a text string) · mk знак (symbol or letter) · tg шахсият (being in a story) · be лі́тара (symbol or letter) · el γράμμα (symbol or letter) · ar مِحْرَف (symbol or letter) · es carácter ((computing) basic element in a text string) · tr karakter (moral strength) · tr özellik (distinguishing feature) · fi henkilöhahmo (being in a story) · de Buchstabe (symbol or letter) · fa-ira حَرْف (symbol or letter) · ms aksara (symbol or letter) · nl personage (being in a story) · hi चरित्र (distinguishing feature) · tr karakter (being in a story) · fr caractère ((mathematics) complex number) · ro personaj (being in a story) · eo signo ((computing) basic element in a text string) · ga teacht aniar (complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group)