diff --git a/core/src/execution/datafusion/expressions/scalar_funcs.rs b/core/src/execution/datafusion/expressions/scalar_funcs.rs
index dc333e8be7..2d2e64b9df 100644
--- a/core/src/execution/datafusion/expressions/scalar_funcs.rs
+++ b/core/src/execution/datafusion/expressions/scalar_funcs.rs
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ use unhex::spark_unhex;
 mod hex;
 use hex::spark_hex;
 
+mod chr;
+use chr::spark_chr;
+
 macro_rules! make_comet_scalar_udf {
     ($name:expr, $func:ident, $data_type:ident) => {{
         let scalar_func = CometScalarFunction::new(
@@ -130,6 +133,10 @@ pub fn create_comet_physical_fun(
             let func = Arc::new(spark_xxhash64);
             make_comet_scalar_udf!("xxhash64", func, without data_type)
         }
+        "chr" => {
+            let func = Arc::new(spark_chr);
+            make_comet_scalar_udf!("chr", func, without data_type)
+        }
         sha if sha2_functions.contains(&sha) => {
             // Spark requires hex string as the result of sha2 functions, we have to wrap the
             // result of digest functions as hex string
diff --git a/core/src/execution/datafusion/expressions/scalar_funcs/chr.rs b/core/src/execution/datafusion/expressions/scalar_funcs/chr.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d62d324c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/execution/datafusion/expressions/scalar_funcs/chr.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+use std::{any::Any, sync::Arc};
+
+use arrow::{
+    array::{ArrayRef, StringArray},
+    datatypes::{
+        DataType,
+        DataType::{Int64, Utf8},
+    },
+};
+
+use datafusion::logical_expr::{ColumnarValue, ScalarUDFImpl, Signature, Volatility};
+use datafusion_common::{cast::as_int64_array, exec_err, DataFusionError, Result, ScalarValue};
+
+/// Returns the ASCII character having the binary equivalent to the input expression.
+/// E.g., chr(65) = 'A'.
+/// Compatible with Apache Spark's Chr function
+pub fn spark_chr(args: &[ColumnarValue]) -> Result<ColumnarValue, DataFusionError> {
+    let chr_func = ChrFunc::default();
+    chr_func.invoke(args)
+}
+
+pub fn chr(args: &[ArrayRef]) -> Result<ArrayRef> {
+    let integer_array = as_int64_array(&args[0])?;
+
+    // first map is the iterator, second is for the `Option<_>`
+    let result = integer_array
+        .iter()
+        .map(|integer: Option<i64>| {
+            integer
+                .map(|integer| match core::char::from_u32(integer as u32) {
+                    Some(integer) => Ok(integer.to_string()),
+                    None => {
+                        exec_err!("requested character too large for encoding.")
+                    }
+                })
+                .transpose()
+        })
+        .collect::<Result<StringArray>>()?;
+
+    Ok(Arc::new(result) as ArrayRef)
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct ChrFunc {
+    signature: Signature,
+}
+
+impl Default for ChrFunc {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new()
+    }
+}
+
+impl ChrFunc {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            signature: Signature::uniform(1, vec![Int64], Volatility::Immutable),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl ScalarUDFImpl for ChrFunc {
+    fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn Any {
+        self
+    }
+
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "chr"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> &Signature {
+        &self.signature
+    }
+
+    fn return_type(&self, _arg_types: &[DataType]) -> Result<DataType> {
+        Ok(Utf8)
+    }
+
+    fn invoke(&self, args: &[ColumnarValue]) -> Result<ColumnarValue> {
+        handle_chr_fn(args)
+    }
+}
+
+fn handle_chr_fn(args: &[ColumnarValue]) -> Result<ColumnarValue> {
+    let array = args[0].clone();
+    match array {
+        ColumnarValue::Array(array) => {
+            let array = chr(&[array])?;
+            Ok(ColumnarValue::Array(array))
+        }
+        ColumnarValue::Scalar(ScalarValue::Int64(Some(value))) => {
+            match core::char::from_u32(value as u32) {
+                Some(ch) => Ok(ColumnarValue::Scalar(ScalarValue::Utf8(Some(
+                    ch.to_string(),
+                )))),
+                None => exec_err!("requested character too large for encoding."),
+            }
+        }
+        ColumnarValue::Scalar(ScalarValue::Int64(None)) => {
+            Ok(ColumnarValue::Scalar(ScalarValue::Utf8(None)))
+        }
+        _ => exec_err!("The argument must be an Int64 array or scalar."),
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometExpressionSuite.scala b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometExpressionSuite.scala
index e69054dbde..b3638b0573 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometExpressionSuite.scala
+++ b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometExpressionSuite.scala
@@ -980,6 +980,23 @@ class CometExpressionSuite extends CometTestBase with AdaptiveSparkPlanHelper {
     }
   }
 
+  test("Chr with null character") {
+    // test compatibility with Spark, spark supports chr(0)
+    Seq(false, true).foreach { dictionary =>
+      withSQLConf(
+        "parquet.enable.dictionary" -> dictionary.toString,
+        CometConf.COMET_CAST_ALLOW_INCOMPATIBLE.key -> "true") {
+        val table = "test0"
+        withTable(table) {
+          sql(s"create table $table(c9 int, c4 int) using parquet")
+          sql(s"insert into $table values(0, 0), (66, null), (null, 70), (null, null)")
+          val query = s"SELECT chr(c9), chr(c4) FROM $table"
+          checkSparkAnswerAndOperator(query)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   test("InitCap") {
     Seq(false, true).foreach { dictionary =>
       withSQLConf("parquet.enable.dictionary" -> dictionary.toString) {