character

Japanese: キャラクター

〘noun〙 (character)① (of a person) character. Nature. Character. Qualities. Also refers specifically to characters and roles in plays, movies, novels, comics, etc. ※Meiroku Zasshi, issue 32 (1875) Theory of the National Spirit, by Nishi Amane: "This geographical character and the previous political and moral spirit are mutually exclusive, and together they form the present spirit (Kerekkutoru) of our Japanese people." ※Ningen Dobutsuen (1981), by Nakajima Azusa, vol. 50: "The emphasis has shifted to comical characters." ② Characters and symbols as a system. (i) Ideographic characters. Kanji. * Ueda Mannen's Temporary Character Names Study, Vol. 2 (1903) for the National Language, "The meaning of the character (character) is interpreted as the reading of the name (name) such as the name of a person, thing, or place" (b) Characters are units defined as elements used in data processing by computers. There are graphic characters such as numbers, English letters, kana, kanji, and spacing, and control characters for transmission, formatting, device control, information separation, etc. "Character Machine" 3) A personality that is consistent in advertising materials or advertising activities. There are cases where they are created independently from the planning to development process, or where famous people, animals, plants, etc. are used.

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (character)① （人の）性格。性質。ひとがら。持ち味。また、特に芝居、映画、小説、漫画などの登場人物、役柄をいう。※明六雑誌‐三二号（1875）国民気風論〈西周〉「此地質上の性質と前の政治并に道徳上の気風とは相待て成る者にて、両相合して我が日本国民の現在の気風(ケレクトル)とは成りたるなり」※にんげん動物園（1981）〈中島梓〉五〇「コミカルなキャラクターの方へ比重がかかってゆき」② 一体系としての文字、記号。(イ) 表意文字。漢字。※国語のため第二（1903）〈上田万年〉仮字名称考「文字の義なる字(キャラクター)の語を、人の名・物の名・所の名などいふ名(ネーム)の訓にて解せしこと」(ロ) コンピュータでデータ処理に用いる要素として定められている単位で、文字をいう。数字、英字、仮名、漢字、間隔等の図形文字と、伝達、書式、装置制御、情報分離等についての制御文字とがある。「キャラクターマシン」③ 広告宣伝物または広告活動が一貫してもっている個性。企画から展開の過程で独自に創造するものや有名人、動植物などを利用する場合などがある。

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