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russian word

character, personality in Russian: характер

nounmasclevel A1#588 by frequency

every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum

У моего брата спокойный и добрый характер. My brother has a calm and kind character.

У него трудный характер, с ним тяжело. He has a difficult character; it's hard with him.

Наш разговор носил серьёзный характер. Our conversation was of a serious nature.

Эта проблема имеет серьёзный характер. This problem is of a serious nature.

What does характер mean in Russian?

01

character, personality (of a person)

У моего брата спокойный и добрый характер.

My brother has a calm and kind character.

У него трудный характер, с ним тяжело.

He has a difficult character; it's hard with him.

02

nature, type (of something)

Наш разговор носил серьёзный характер.

Our conversation was of a serious nature.

Эта проблема имеет серьёзный характер.

This problem is of a serious nature.

Declension of характер

Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.

singularplural
nomхарактерхарактеры
genхарактерахарактеров
datхарактерухарактерам
accхарактерхарактеры
insхарактеромхарактерами
prepхарактерехарактерах