character

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

“requests for character references are all too often answered evasively”

Good repute.

“he is a man of character”

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

“a real character”

“a strange character”

The inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions.

“education has for its object the formation of character”

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

“she is the main character in the novel”

A written symbol that is used to represent speech.

“the Greek alphabet has 24 characters”

A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something.

“the radical character of our demands”

An actor's portrayal of someone in a play.

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

Engrave or inscribe characters on.