jmdict 1041920 Active (id#2350875)
キャラクター [gai1] キャラクタ [sk]
  1. [n]
    • character
    • personality
    • disposition
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 1923480 キャラ 2. character; personality; persona
  2. [n]
    • (fictional) character
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 1923480 キャラ 1. (fictional) character
  3. [n] {computing}
    《usu. キャラクタ》
    • character
    Cross references:
    • ⇒ see: 1505390 文字 1. letter (of an alphabet); character
History:
    • A 2025-11-07 22:00:17 Jim Breen (id#2350875)
    • Diff
      @@ -23,0 +24 @@
      +<xref type="see" seq="1505390">文字・1</xref>
    • A* 2025-11-07 20:18:50 Sean McBroom (id#2350862)
    • Comments
      Possibly add ref to 文字 for sense 3?
    • A* 2025-11-07 19:05:38 Robin Scott (id#2350858)
    • Comments
      I think sense 3 is almost always used in computing contexts.
    • Refs
      gg5:【電算】〔文字・記号〕 a character.
      https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/キャラクタ_(コンピュータ)
      https://e-words.jp/w/キャラクタ.html
      キャラクター	11,020,154	96.1%	
      キャラクタ	447,617	        3.9%
    • Diff
      @@ -9,0 +10 @@
      +<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
      @@ -23 +24,2 @@
      -<gloss>letter</gloss>
      +<field>&comp;</field>
      +<s_inf>usu. キャラクタ</s_inf>
      @@ -25 +26,0 @@
      -<gloss>symbol</gloss>
    • A 2021-10-09 11:07:36 Robin Scott
    • Comments
      Looks good.
    • A* 2021-10-09 08:25:43 Marcus Richert
    • Comments
      simpler is better?
    • Diff
      @@ -19 +19 @@
      -<gloss>character (in a film, novel, comic, etc.)</gloss>
      +<gloss>(fictional) character</gloss>
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