| Cym III.ii.28 | [Innogen to Pisanio, of Posthumus] learned indeed were that astronomer / That knew the stars as I his characters |
| Ham IV.vii.50.2 | [Claudius to Laertes] 'Tis Hamlet's character |
| KL I.ii.62 | [Gloucester to Edmund, of the letter] You know the character to be your brother's? |
| KL II.i.71 | [Edmund to Gloucester, as if Edgar to Edmund] though thou didst produce / My very character |
| MM IV.ii.187 | [disguised Duke to Provost, of the Duke's handwriting] You know the character |
| Per III.ii.65 | [Cerimon to Apollo] perfect me in the characters! |
| Per III.iv.3 | [Cerimon to Thaisa, of the scroll] Know you the character? |
| Sonn.59.8 | [] Show me your image in some antique book, / Since mind at first in character was done |
| Tim V.iii.6 | [Soldier alone, of the inscription on Timon's tomb] The character I'll take with wax [i.e. the engraved inscription] |
| TN V.i.344 | [Olivia to Malvolio] this is not my writing, / Though ... much like the character |
| WT V.ii.35 | [Third Gentleman to all] the letters of Antigonus ... which they know to be his character |