ghost character

== English == === Noun === ghost character (plural ghost characters) (drama, literature) A character who is mentioned as appearing on stage, but does not do anything and seems to have no purpose. (computing) A kanji included erroneously in the JIS X 0208 character set (not traceable to the sources used to compile JIS X 0208). Coordinate term: ghost word ==== Usage notes ==== Some ghost characters (sense 2) have been located in premodern manuscripts, but these occurrences are considered to be homoglyphs that do not elucidate matters and do not affect the status of "ghost character". ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === ghost character on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ghost characters on Wikipedia.Wikipedia