character

Summary

character ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (159 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• character is a type of symbol^[2].
• character is part of typography^[3].
• character is part of text^[4].
• character is part of character set^[5].
• character's said to be the same as is recorded as symbol^[6].
• character's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Typographical symbols^[7].
• character's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[8].
• character's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[9].
• character's equivalent class is recorded as http://lexvo.org/ontology#Character^[10].
• character's different from is recorded as character^[11].
• character's different from is recorded as Unicode character^[12].
• character's model item is recorded as Q9659^[13].
• character's model item is recorded as 麻^[14].

Body

Definition and Type

character is a type of symbol^[2].

Use and Application

Part of include typography^[3], a form of art^[15]; text^[4], a type of work^[16]; and character set^[5].

Influence

Things named for character include emoji^[17], a notation^[18].

Why It Matters

character ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (159 views/month).^[1] character has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] character is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]

Entities named for character include emoji^[17], a notation^[18].