C++ :

#include<cstdio>
int main()
{
    char c;
    scanf("%c",&c);
    printf("  %c\n",c);
    printf(" %c%c%c\n",c,c,c);
    printf("%c%c%c%c%c\n",c,c,c,c,c);
    printf(" %c%c%c\n",c,c,c);
    printf("  %c\n",c);
    return 0;
}

Python :

# coding=utf-8
a=input()
for i in range(3):
    print(" "*(2-i)+a*(2*i+1))
for i in range(2):
    print(" "*(i+1)+a*(3-2*i))