karakter

1. character; personality
   Ima težak karakter, ali je dobar čovek. — He has a difficult personality, but he's a good man.
   Sestre imaju potpuno različite karaktere. — The sisters have completely different personalities.
2. strength of character; integrity
   Treba imati karaktera da priznaš grešku. — It takes character to admit a mistake.
   On je čovek jakog karaktera. — He is a man of strong character.
3. (of things, events) nature; character
   Sastanak je bio privatnog karaktera. — The meeting was of a private nature.
4. (in text, computing) character
   Lozinka mora imati najmanje osam karaktera. — The password must have at least eight characters.

A character in a book or film is usually lik, not karakter.