Character

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 See also

English

Etymology

From the Greek kharacter.

Noun

character (plural characters)

1. A being involved in the action of a story.
2. A symbol used to represent a sound or a word.
3. A distinguishing feature; characteristic.
4. moral strength. "You may not like to eat liver," said Calvin's father, "but it builds character."

Derived terms

• characterise , characterize
• characterisation , characterization
• characteristic
• character actor
• Chinese character

Translations

• Chinese: 字符
• Dutch: karakter n
• Finnish: hahmo (1), henkilö (1), kirjain (2), merkki (2), luonteenpiirre (3), luonne (4)
• French: caractère (2, 3) m, personnage m (1)
• : Charakter m (1,3,4); Buchstabe m (2)
• Greek: χαρακτήρας m
• Hebrew:
  • אוֹפִי
  • טִיב
  • תְּכוּנָה
  • אוֹת
• Italian: carattere m
• Japanese: 特性
• Korean: 특성
• Portuguese: caráter m
• Russian: характер m
• Spanish: carácter m
• Tamil: ஒழுக்கம்

See also

• codepoint
• font
• glyph
• letter
• symbol
• rune
• pictogram