Standard Lemma guide

character

noun · verb · 26 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.ɹɪk.tə/
  • /ˈkæɹ(ə)ktɚ/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈkɛɹ(ə)ktɚ/ Mary–marry–merry merger
  • CMU ARPABET: K EH1 R IH0 K T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: protagonist, main character, antagonist

2

noun

Meaning 2

A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; nature; phene.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • A study of the suspect's character and his cast iron alibi ruled him out.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • He has a great deal of character.
  • "You may not like to eat liver," said Calvin's father, "but it builds character."

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • Julius Caesar is a great historical character.
  • That bloke is such a character.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A written or printed symbol, or letter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, dated

Examples

  • an inscription in the Runic character

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A secret cipher; a way of writing in code.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A person or individual, especially one who is unknown.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, informal

Examples

  • We saw a shady character slinking out of the office with some papers.
  • That old guy is a real character.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

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).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • in the miserable character of a slave
  • in his character as a magistrate

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, dated

Examples

  • a man's character for truth and veracity
  • Her actions give her a bad character.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

A reference given to a servant, attesting to their behaviour, competence, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

Personal appearance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To write (using characters); to describe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

(genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: attribute

Narrower terms: unit character

18

noun

Meaning 18

the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions- Herbert Spencer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • education has for its object the formation of character

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fiber, fibre

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: trait

Narrower terms: spirit

19

noun

Meaning 19

a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • each town has a quality all its own
  • the radical character of our demands

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: quality, lineament

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: property, attribute, dimension

Narrower terms: texture

20

noun

Meaning 20

an actor's portrayal of someone in a play

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she played the part of Desdemona

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: role, theatrical role, part, persona

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: portrayal, characterization, enactment, personation

Narrower terms: bit part, minor role, heavy, hero, ingenue, title role, name part, heroine, villain, baddie

21

noun

Meaning 21

a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • requests for character references are all too often answered evasively

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reference, character reference

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: recommendation, testimonial, good word

22

noun

Meaning 22

a written symbol that is used to represent speech

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the Greek alphabet has 24 characters

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grapheme, graphic symbol

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: written symbol, printed symbol

Narrower terms: allograph, check character, superscript, superior, subscript, inferior, ASCII character, ligature, capital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule, small letter, lowercase, lower-case letter, minuscule, type, percent sign, percentage sign, asterisk, star, dagger, obelisk, double dagger, double obelisk, diesis, letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character, space, blank, phonetic symbol, mathematical symbol, rune, runic letter, pictograph, ideogram, ideograph, radical, stenograph

23

noun

Meaning 23

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she is the main character in the novel

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fictional character, fictitious character

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: imaginary being, imaginary creature

Narrower terms: Aladdin, Argonaut, Babar, Beatrice, Beowulf, Bluebeard, Bond, James Bond, Brer Rabbit, Bunyan, Paul Bunyan, John Henry, Cheshire cat, Chicken Little, Cinderella, Colonel Blimp, Dracula, Don Quixote, El Cid, Fagin, Falstaff, Sir John Falstaff, Father Brown, Faust, Faustus, Frankenstein, Frankenstein's monster, Goofy, Gulliver, Hamlet, Horatio Hornblower, Captain Horatio Hornblower, Iago, Inspector Maigret, Commissaire Maigret, Kilroy, Lear, King Lear, Lilliputian, Marlowe, Philip Marlowe, Micawber, Wilkins Micawber, Mother Goose, Mr. Moto, Othello, Pangloss, Pantaloon, Perry Mason, Peter Pan, Pied Piper, Pied Piper of Hamelin, Pierrot, Pluto, Huckleberry Finn, Huck Finn, Rip van Winkle, Ruritanian, Tarzan, Tarzan of the Apes, Tom Sawyer, Uncle Remus, Uncle Tom, Uncle Sam, Sherlock Holmes, Holmes, Simon Legree, Sinbad the Sailor, Sinbad, Snoopy, Ali Baba, Emile, protagonist, agonist, Houyhnhnm, Little John, Little Red Riding Hood, Raskolnikov, Rodya Raskolnikov, Robin Hood, Robinson Crusoe, Rumpelstiltskin, Shylock, Tristan, Tristram, Iseult, Isolde, Scaramouch, Scaramouche, Svengali, Todd, Sweeney Todd, Trilby, Walter Mitty, Yahoo, Arthur, King Arthur, Galahad, Sir Galahad, Gawain, Sir Gawain, Guinevere, Guenevere, Lancelot, Sir Lancelot, Merlin

24

noun

Meaning 24

a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a real character
  • a strange character
  • a friendly eccentric
  • the capable type
  • a mental case

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: eccentric, type, case

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: adult, grownup

25

noun

Meaning 25

good repute

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he is a man of character

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: repute, reputation

26

verb

Meaning 26

engrave or inscribe characters on

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō) Proto-Indo-European *-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). Doublet of charakter.

Across languages

Translations

406 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَخْصِيَّة (šaḵṣiyya) — being in a story
  • Arabic: شخصية (šaḵṣeya) — being in a story
  • Arabic: كراكتر (karaktar) — being in a story
  • Armenian: գործող անձ (gorcoġ anj) — being in a story
  • Armenian: կերպար (kerpar) — being in a story
  • Asturian: personaxe — being in a story
  • Azerbaijani: personaj — being in a story
  • Azerbaijani: qəhrəman — being in a story
  • Belarusian: персана́ж (pjersanáž) — being in a story
  • Belarusian: геро́й (hjerój) — being in a story
  • Belarusian: гераі́ня (hjeraínja) — being in a story
  • Belarusian: дзе́ючая асо́ба (dzjéjučaja asóba) — being in a story
  • Bulgarian: геро́й (gerój) — being in a story
  • Bulgarian: де́йстващо лице́ (déjstvašto licé) — being in a story
  • Bulgarian: персона́ж (personáž) — being in a story
  • Catalan: personatge — being in a story
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人物 (rénwù) — being in a story
  • Chinese Mandarin: 角色 (juésè, jiǎosè) — being in a story
  • Czech: postava — being in a story
  • Danish: figur — being in a story
  • Danish: rolle — being in a story
  • Danish: person — being in a story
  • Danish: personage — being in a story
  • Dutch: personage — being in a story
  • Esperanto: rolulo — being in a story
  • Esperanto: persono — being in a story
  • Estonian: karakter — being in a story
  • Estonian: tegelane — being in a story
  • Finnish: hahmo — being in a story
  • Finnish: henkilöhahmo — being in a story
  • Finnish: henkilö — being in a story
  • French: personnage — being in a story
  • Galician: personaxe — being in a story
  • Georgian: გმირი (gmiri) — being in a story
  • Georgian: პერსონაჟი (ṗersonaži) — being in a story
  • German: Figur — being in a story
  • German: Person — being in a story
  • Greek: χαρακτήρας (charaktíras) — being in a story
  • Hebrew: דְּמוּת (dmut) — being in a story
  • Hindi: पात्र (pātr) — being in a story
  • Hindi: पात्री (pātrī) — being in a story
  • Hindi: चरित्र (caritra) — being in a story
  • Hungarian: szereplő — being in a story
  • Hungarian: alak — being in a story
  • Icelandic: persóna — being in a story
  • Indonesian: tokoh — being in a story
  • Irish: pearsa — being in a story
  • Irish: carachtar — being in a story
  • Italian: personaggio — being in a story
  • Japanese: 登場人物 (tōjōjinbutsu) — being in a story
  • Japanese: キャラクター (kyarakutā) — being in a story
  • Kazakh: кейіпкер (keiıpker) — being in a story
  • Korean: 등장인물 (deungjang'inmul) — being in a story
  • Korean: 캐릭터 (kaerikteo) — being in a story
  • Latgalian: īvaigs — being in a story
  • Latvian: tēls — being in a story
  • Lithuanian: veikėjas — being in a story
  • Lithuanian: veikėja — being in a story
  • Macedonian: лик (lik) — being in a story
  • Malay: tokoh — being in a story
  • Malayalam: കഥാപാത്രം (kathāpātraṁ) — being in a story
  • Māori: kiripuaki — being in a story
  • Norwegian Bokmål: karakter — being in a story
  • Old English: hād — being in a story
  • Iranian Persian: شَخْصِیَّت (šaxsiyyat) — being in a story
  • Iranian Persian: پِرْسوناژ (personâž) — being in a story
  • Iranian Persian: کاراکْتِر (kârâkter) — being in a story
  • Polish: postać — being in a story
  • Portuguese: personagem — being in a story
  • Romanian: personaj — being in a story
  • Russian: персона́ж (personáž) — being in a story
  • Russian: геро́й (gerój) — being in a story
  • Russian: герои́ня (geroínja) — being in a story
  • Russian: де́йствующее лицо́ (déjstvujuščeje licó) — being in a story
  • Scots: chairacter — being in a story
  • Scottish Gaelic: caractar — being in a story
  • Serbo-Croatian: кара̀ктер — being in a story
  • Serbo-Croatian: ли̑к — being in a story
  • Serbo-Croatian: karàkter — being in a story
  • Serbo-Croatian: lȋk — being in a story
  • Slovak: postava — being in a story
  • Spanish: personaje — being in a story
  • Swahili: mhusika — being in a story
  • Swedish: rollfigur — being in a story
  • Swedish: karaktär — being in a story
  • Tajik: шахсият (šaxsiyat) — being in a story
  • Tamil: பாத்திரம் (pāttiram) — being in a story
  • Thai: ตัวละคร (dtuua-lá-kɔɔn) — being in a story
  • Turkish: karakter — being in a story
  • Turkish: kişilik — being in a story
  • Turkish: ıra — being in a story
  • Ukrainian: персона́ж (personáž) — being in a story
  • Ukrainian: геро́й (herój) — being in a story
  • Ukrainian: герої́ня (herojínja) — being in a story
  • Ukrainian: дійова́ осо́ба (dijová osóba) — being in a story
  • Uzbek: personaj — being in a story
  • Uzbek: qahramon — being in a story
  • Vietnamese: nhân vật — being in a story
  • Walloon: persounaedje — being in a story
  • Welsh: cymeriad — being in a story
  • Yiddish: פּערסאָנאַזש (personazh) — being in a story
  • Armenian: բնութագիր (bnutʻagir) — distinguishing feature
  • Azerbaijani: xüsusiyyət — distinguishing feature
  • Azerbaijani: özəllik — distinguishing feature
  • Bengali: বৈশিষ্ট্য (bōiśiśṭṭo) — distinguishing feature
  • Bhojpuri: चरित्तर (carittar) — distinguishing feature
  • Bulgarian: отличи́телна черта́ (otličítelna čertá) — distinguishing feature
  • Catalan: caràcter — distinguishing feature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 特性 (tèxìng) — distinguishing feature
  • Czech: znak — distinguishing feature
  • Danish: karakter — distinguishing feature
  • Danish: træk — distinguishing feature
  • Danish: natur — distinguishing feature
  • Dutch: karakter — distinguishing feature
  • Dutch: persoonlijkheid — distinguishing feature
  • Esperanto: karaktero — distinguishing feature
  • Finnish: luonne — distinguishing feature
  • French: caractère — distinguishing feature
  • Galician: carácter — distinguishing feature
  • German: Charakter — distinguishing feature
  • Greek: χαρακτήρας (charaktíras) — distinguishing feature
  • Ancient Greek: χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr) — distinguishing feature
  • Hebrew: מאפיין \ מְאַפְיֵן — distinguishing feature
  • Hebrew: תְּכוּנָה (tkhuná) — distinguishing feature
  • Hindi: चरित्र (caritra) — distinguishing feature
  • Hindi: गुण (guṇ) — distinguishing feature
  • Indonesian: karakter — distinguishing feature
  • Indonesian: ciri-ciri — distinguishing feature
  • Irish: carachtar — distinguishing feature
  • Irish: nádúr — distinguishing feature
  • Italian: carattere — distinguishing feature
  • Italian: caratteristica — distinguishing feature
  • Japanese: 特質 (tokushitsu) — distinguishing feature
  • Kazakh: мінез (mınez) — distinguishing feature
  • Korean: 특질 (teukjil) — distinguishing feature
  • Central Kurdish: باتەک (batek) — distinguishing feature
  • Latvian: raksturs — distinguishing feature
  • Luxembourgish: Charakter — distinguishing feature
  • Māori: āhua — distinguishing feature
  • Māori: pūtohu — distinguishing feature
  • Iranian Persian: شَخْصِیَّت (šaxsiyyat) — distinguishing feature
  • Iranian Persian: کاراکْتِر (kârâkter) — distinguishing feature
  • Polish: charakter — distinguishing feature
  • Portuguese: caráter — distinguishing feature
  • Portuguese: carácter — distinguishing feature
  • Romanian: caracter — distinguishing feature
  • Russian: хара́ктер (xarákter) — distinguishing feature
  • Russian: отличи́тельная черта́ (otličítelʹnaja čertá) — distinguishing feature
  • Scottish Gaelic: nàdar — distinguishing feature
  • Serbo-Croatian: особѝна — distinguishing feature
  • Serbo-Croatian: карактерѝстика — distinguishing feature
  • Serbo-Croatian: osobìna — distinguishing feature
  • Serbo-Croatian: karakterìstika — distinguishing feature
  • Spanish: característica — distinguishing feature
  • Spanish: carácter — distinguishing feature
  • Swedish: karaktär — distinguishing feature
  • Turkish: hususiyet — distinguishing feature
  • Turkish: özellik — distinguishing feature
  • Ukrainian: хара́ктер (xarákter) — distinguishing feature
  • Urdu: صِفَت (sifat) — distinguishing feature
  • Vietnamese: đặc điểm — distinguishing feature
  • Armenian: խառնվածք (xaṙnvackʻ) — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Armenian: բնավորություն (bnavorutʻyun) — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Azerbaijani: qılıq — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Azerbaijani: xasiyyət — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Belarusian: хара́ктар (xaráktar) — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Belarusian: но́раў (nóraw) — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Bengali: চরিত্র (coritro) — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Catalan: tarannà — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Catalan: caràcter — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Chinese Mandarin: 性格 (xìnggé) — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Finnish: luonteenpiirteet — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Ancient Greek: ἦθος (êthos) — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Hebrew: אופי \ אֹפִי (ófi) — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Hindi: स्वभाव (svabhāv) — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Irish: teacht aniar — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Irish: spiorad — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Irish: spreacadh — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Japanese: 性格 (seikaku) — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Korean: 성격 (seonggyeok) — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Kyrgyz: мүнөз (münöz) — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Latvian: raksturs — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Lithuanian: bū̃das — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Lithuanian: charãkteris — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Macedonian: карактер (karakter) — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Māori: āhua — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Polish: charakter — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Polish: usposobienie — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Russian: хара́ктер (xarákter) — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Russian: нрав (nrav) — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Tagalog: sangkatangian — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Tamil: குணம் (kuṇam) — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Ukrainian: хара́ктер (xarákter) — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Ukrainian: вда́ча (vdáča) — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Ukrainian: но́ров (nórov) — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Urdu: چال چَلَن (cāl calan) — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Urdu: خُو (xū) — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Urdu: کِرْدار (kirdār) — complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group
  • Arabic: خُلْق (ḵulq) — moral strength
  • Armenian: կամք (kamkʻ) — moral strength
  • Armenian: ուժեղ կամք (užeġ kamkʻ) — moral strength
  • Armenian: հաստատակամություն (hastatakamutʻyun) — moral strength
  • Azerbaijani: qılıq — moral strength
  • Belarusian: хара́ктар (xaráktar) — moral strength
  • Bulgarian: хара́ктер (harákter) — moral strength
  • Catalan: caràcter — moral strength
  • Chinese Mandarin: 品質 /品质 (pǐnzhí) — moral strength
  • Danish: karakter — moral strength
  • Danish: fasthed — moral strength
  • Danish: viljestyrke — moral strength
  • Dutch: karakter — moral strength
  • Finnish: luonne — moral strength
  • Finnish: luonteenlujuus — moral strength
  • French: caractère — moral strength
  • German: Charakter — moral strength
  • Greek: χαρακτήρας (charaktíras) — moral strength
  • Hebrew: אופי (ófi) — moral strength
  • Indonesian: watak — moral strength
  • Italian: carattere — moral strength
  • Japanese: 資質 (shishitsu) — moral strength
  • Korean: 자질 (jajil) — moral strength
  • Luhya: esifa — moral strength
  • Iranian Persian: مَنِش (maneš) — moral strength
  • Iranian Persian: سیرَت (sirat) — moral strength
  • Polish: charakter — moral strength
  • Portuguese: fortaleza moral — moral strength
  • Portuguese: caráter — moral strength
  • Portuguese: carácter — moral strength
  • Russian: хара́ктер (xarákter) — moral strength
  • Serbo-Croatian: кара̀ктер — moral strength
  • Serbo-Croatian: karàkter — moral strength
  • Slovak: charakter — moral strength
  • Spanish: carácter — moral strength
  • Swahili: sifa — moral strength
  • Swedish: karaktär — moral strength
  • Turkish: ahlak — moral strength
  • Turkish: karakter — moral strength
  • Ukrainian: хара́ктер (xarákter) — moral strength
  • Urdu: پانی (pānī) — moral strength
  • Urdu: سیرَت (serat) — moral strength
  • Armenian: տիպ (tip) — notable or eccentric person
  • Catalan: personatge — notable or eccentric person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 怪人 (guàirén) — notable or eccentric person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人物 (rénwù) — notable or eccentric person
  • Danish: personlighed — notable or eccentric person
  • Dutch: persoonlijkheid — notable or eccentric person
  • Finnish: persoona — notable or eccentric person
  • Finnish: persoonallisuus — notable or eccentric person
  • Finnish: tyyppi — notable or eccentric person
  • French: personnage — notable or eccentric person
  • German: Original — notable or eccentric person
  • Greek: χαρακτήρας (charaktíras) — notable or eccentric person
  • Hebrew: אִישִׁיּוּת (ishiyút) — notable or eccentric person
  • Hebrew: טִיפּוּס (típus) — notable or eccentric person
  • Italian: personaggio — notable or eccentric person
  • Māori: korokē — notable or eccentric person
  • Portuguese: figura — notable or eccentric person
  • Portuguese: peça — notable or eccentric person
  • Russian: ли́чность (líčnostʹ) — notable or eccentric person
  • Russian: персона́ж (personáž) — notable or eccentric person
  • Serbo-Croatian: ли̑к — notable or eccentric person
  • Serbo-Croatian: lȋk — notable or eccentric person
  • Spanish: personaje — notable or eccentric person
  • Swedish: figur — notable or eccentric person
  • Turkish: orijinal kimse — notable or eccentric person
  • Walloon: persounaedje — notable or eccentric person
  • Arabic: حَرْف (ḥarf) — symbol or letter
  • Arabic: رَمْز (ramz) — symbol or letter
  • Arabic: مِحْرَف (miḥraf) — symbol or letter
  • Arabic: حرف (ḥarf) — symbol or letter
  • Arabic: رمز (ramz) — symbol or letter
  • Armenian: նշան (nšan) — symbol or letter
  • Asturian: caráuter — symbol or letter
  • Belarusian: лі́тара (lítara) — symbol or letter
  • Belarusian: знак (znak) — symbol or letter
  • Bengali: অক্ষর (okkhor) — symbol or letter
  • Bengali: হরফ (horoph) — symbol or letter
  • Bulgarian: знак (znak) — symbol or letter
  • Bulgarian: си́мвол (símvol) — symbol or letter
  • Burmese: အက္ခရာ (akhka.ra) — symbol or letter
  • Catalan: caràcter — symbol or letter
  • Chinese Mandarin: 符號 /符号 (fúhào) — symbol or letter
  • Chinese Mandarin: 字 (zì) — symbol or letter
  • Czech: znak — symbol or letter
  • Danish: tegn — symbol or letter
  • Dutch: teken — symbol or letter
  • Dutch: karakter — symbol or letter
  • Esperanto: signo — symbol or letter
  • Finnish: kirjain — symbol or letter
  • Finnish: merkki — symbol or letter
  • Finnish: kirjoitusmerkki — symbol or letter
  • French: caractère — symbol or letter
  • Galician: carácter — symbol or letter
  • German: Buchstabe — symbol or letter
  • German: Zeichen — symbol or letter
  • German: Schriftzeichen — symbol or letter
  • Greek: χαρακτήρας (charaktíras) — symbol or letter
  • Greek: γράμμα (grámma) — symbol or letter
  • Ancient Greek: χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr) — symbol or letter
  • Gujarati: અંધારું (andhārũ) — symbol or letter
  • Hebrew: אוֹת (ot) — symbol or letter
  • Hebrew: תָּו (tav) — symbol or letter
  • Hindi: अक्षर (akṣar) — symbol or letter
  • Hungarian: karakter — symbol or letter
  • Irish: carachtar — symbol or letter
  • Irish: litir — symbol or letter
  • Italian: carattere — symbol or letter
  • Japanese: 記号 (kigō) — symbol or letter
  • Japanese: 文字 (moji) — symbol or letter
  • Kannada: ಅಕ್ಷರ (akṣara) — symbol or letter
  • Korean: 문자 (munja) — symbol or letter
  • Korean: 기호 (giho) — symbol or letter
  • Korean: 글씨 (geulssi) — symbol or letter
  • Korean: 글자 (geulja) — symbol or letter
  • Lao: ອັກສອນ (ʼak sǭn) — symbol or letter
  • Macedonian: знак (znak) — symbol or letter
  • Malay: aksara — symbol or letter
  • Māori: pūāhua — symbol or letter
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tegn — symbol or letter
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: teikn — symbol or letter
  • Occitan: caractèr — symbol or letter
  • Old English: bocstæf — symbol or letter
  • Iranian Persian: حَرْف (harf) — symbol or letter
  • Iranian Persian: نِویسِه (nevise) — symbol or letter
  • Iranian Persian: کاراکْتِر (kârâkter) — symbol or letter
  • Polish: znak — symbol or letter
  • Portuguese: caractere — symbol or letter
  • Portuguese: carácter — symbol or letter
  • Romanian: caracter — symbol or letter
  • Russian: бу́ква (búkva) — symbol or letter
  • Russian: си́мвол (símvol) — symbol or letter
  • Russian: знак (znak) — symbol or letter
  • Russian: иеро́глиф (ijeróglif) — symbol or letter
  • Sanskrit: अक्षर (akṣara) — symbol or letter
  • Scottish Gaelic: litir — symbol or letter
  • Slovak: znak — symbol or letter
  • Spanish: carácter — symbol or letter
  • Spanish: caracter — symbol or letter
  • Swedish: tecken — symbol or letter
  • Tagalog: titik — symbol or letter
  • Tajik: ҳарф (harf) — symbol or letter
  • Tamil: எழுத்து (eḻuttu) — symbol or letter
  • Telugu: అక్షరము (akṣaramu) — symbol or letter
  • Thai: อักษร (àk-sɔ̌ɔn) — symbol or letter
  • Turkish: harf — symbol or letter
  • Turkish: sembol — symbol or letter
  • Turkish: simge — symbol or letter
  • Ukrainian: лі́тера (lítera) — symbol or letter
  • Ukrainian: знак (znak) — symbol or letter
  • Vietnamese: chữ — symbol or letter
  • Vietnamese: kí tự — symbol or letter
  • Albanian: karakter — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Albanian: germë — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Arabic: مِحْرَف (miḥraf) — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Chinese Mandarin: 符號 /符号 (fúhào) — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Czech: znak — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Danish: tegn — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Dutch: karakter — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Esperanto: signo — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Finnish: merkki — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • French: caractère — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • German: Character — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • German: Zeichen — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Greek: χαρακτήρας (charaktíras) — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Hebrew: תָּו (tav) — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Hungarian: betű — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Hungarian: karakter — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Hungarian: leütés — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Hungarian: betűhely — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Hungarian: n — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Irish: carachtar — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Italian: carattere — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Japanese: 記号 (kigō) — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Kazakh: таңба (tañba) — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Korean: 기호 (giho) — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Māori: pūāhua — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Iranian Persian: نِویسِه (nevise) — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Portuguese: caractere — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Portuguese: caráter — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Russian: си́мвол (símvol) — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Russian: знак (znak) — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Spanish: carácter — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Spanish: caracter — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Swahili: kibambo — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Swedish: tecken — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Tamil: எழுத்துரு (eḻutturu) — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Thai: อักขระ (àk-kà-rà) — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Turkish: karakter — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Ukrainian: знак (znak) — (computing) basic element in a text string
  • Finnish: tyyppi — (informal) unknown person
  • Finnish: heppu — (informal) unknown person
  • Hebrew: דְּמוּת (dmut) — (informal) unknown person
  • Hebrew: טִיפּוּס (tipús) — (informal) unknown person
  • Irish: carachtar — (informal) unknown person
  • Russian: тип (tip) — (informal) unknown person
  • Russian: фигу́ра (figúra) — (informal) unknown person
  • Russian: ли́чность (líčnostʹ) — (informal) unknown person
  • Spanish: mishule — (informal) unknown person
  • Spanish: fulano — (informal) unknown person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 複數 /复数 (fùshù) — (mathematics) complex number
  • Finnish: karakteri — (mathematics) complex number
  • French: caractère — (mathematics) complex number
  • Hebrew: אֹפִי (ófi) — (mathematics) complex number
  • Hungarian: karakter — (mathematics) complex number
  • Japanese: 指標 (shihyō) — (mathematics) complex number
  • Japanese: 複素数 (fukusosū) — (mathematics) complex number
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