diff --git a/enginetest/queries/queries.go b/enginetest/queries/queries.go
index c49057fe22..afd1614fd6 100644
--- a/enginetest/queries/queries.go
+++ b/enginetest/queries/queries.go
@@ -8876,6 +8876,20 @@ from typestable`,
 			{116, 97},
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		Query: "select char(i, i + 10, pi()) from mytable;",
+		Expected: []sql.Row{
+			{[]byte{0x01, 0x0B, 0x03}},
+			{[]byte{0x02, 0x0C, 0x03}},
+			{[]byte{0x03, 0x0D, 0x03}},
+		},
+	},
+	{
+		Query: "select char(97, 98, 99 using utf8mb4);",
+		Expected: []sql.Row{
+			{"abc"},
+		},
+	},
 }
 
 var KeylessQueries = []QueryTest{
diff --git a/sql/expression/function/char.go b/sql/expression/function/char.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e034db7564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/expression/function/char.go
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+// Copyright 2024 Dolthub, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed 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.
+
+package function
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/dolthub/vitess/go/sqltypes"
+
+	"github.com/dolthub/go-mysql-server/sql"
+	"github.com/dolthub/go-mysql-server/sql/types"
+)
+
+// Char implements the sql function "char" which returns the character for each integer passed
+type Char struct {
+	args      []sql.Expression
+	Collation sql.CollationID
+}
+
+var _ sql.FunctionExpression = (*Char)(nil)
+var _ sql.CollationCoercible = (*Char)(nil)
+
+func NewChar(args ...sql.Expression) (sql.Expression, error) {
+	return &Char{args: args}, nil
+}
+
+// FunctionName implements sql.FunctionExpression
+func (c *Char) FunctionName() string {
+	return "char"
+}
+
+// Resolved implements sql.FunctionExpression
+func (c *Char) Resolved() bool {
+	for _, arg := range c.args {
+		if !arg.Resolved() {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// String implements sql.Expression
+func (c *Char) String() string {
+	args := make([]string, len(c.args))
+	for i, arg := range c.args {
+		args[i] = arg.String()
+	}
+	str := strings.Join(args, ", ")
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s(%s)", c.FunctionName(), str)
+}
+
+// Type implements sql.Expression
+func (c *Char) Type() sql.Type {
+	if c.Collation == sql.Collation_binary || c.Collation == sql.Collation_Unspecified {
+		return types.MustCreateString(sqltypes.VarBinary, int64(len(c.args)*4), sql.Collation_binary)
+	}
+	return types.MustCreateString(sqltypes.VarChar, int64(len(c.args)*16), c.Collation)
+}
+
+// IsNullable implements sql.Expression
+func (c *Char) IsNullable() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
+// Description implements sql.FunctionExpression
+func (c *Char) Description() string {
+	return "interprets each argument N as an integer and returns a string consisting of the characters given by the code values of those integers."
+}
+
+// CollationCoercibility implements the interface sql.CollationCoercible.
+func (c *Char) CollationCoercibility(ctx *sql.Context) (collation sql.CollationID, coercibility byte) {
+	return sql.Collation_binary, 5
+}
+
+// char converts num into a byte array
+// This function is essentially converting the number to base 256
+func char(num uint32) []byte {
+	if num == 0 {
+		return []byte{}
+	}
+	return append(char(num>>8), byte(num&255))
+}
+
+// Eval implements the sql.Expression interface
+func (c *Char) Eval(ctx *sql.Context, row sql.Row) (interface{}, error) {
+	res := []byte{}
+	for _, arg := range c.args {
+		if arg == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		val, err := arg.Eval(ctx, row)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		if val == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		v, _, err := types.Uint32.Convert(val)
+		if err != nil {
+			ctx.Warn(1292, "Truncated incorrect INTEGER value: '%v'", val)
+			res = append(res, 0)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		res = append(res, char(v.(uint32))...)
+	}
+
+	result, _, err := c.Type().Convert(res)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+// Children implements sql.Expression
+func (c *Char) Children() []sql.Expression {
+	return c.args
+}
+
+// WithChildren implements the sql.Expression interface
+func (c *Char) WithChildren(children ...sql.Expression) (sql.Expression, error) {
+	return NewChar(children...)
+}
diff --git a/sql/expression/function/char_test.go b/sql/expression/function/char_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..100aa5e535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/expression/function/char_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+// Copyright 2024 Dolthub, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed 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.
+
+package function
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/shopspring/decimal"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/dolthub/go-mysql-server/sql"
+	"github.com/dolthub/go-mysql-server/sql/expression"
+	"github.com/dolthub/go-mysql-server/sql/types"
+)
+
+func TestChar(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		args []sql.Expression
+		exp  interface{}
+		err  bool
+		skip bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "null",
+			args: []sql.Expression{
+				nil,
+			},
+			exp: []byte{},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "null literal",
+			args: []sql.Expression{
+				expression.NewLiteral(nil, types.Null),
+			},
+			exp: []byte{},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "nulls are skipped",
+			args: []sql.Expression{
+				expression.NewLiteral(int32(1), types.Int32),
+				expression.NewLiteral(nil, types.Null),
+				expression.NewLiteral(int32(300), types.Int32),
+				expression.NewLiteral(int32(4000), types.Int32),
+			},
+			exp: []byte{0x1, 0x01, 0x2c, 0xf, 0xa0},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "-1",
+			args: []sql.Expression{
+				expression.NewLiteral(int32(-1), types.Int32),
+			},
+			exp: []byte{0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "256",
+			args: []sql.Expression{
+				expression.NewLiteral(int32(256), types.Int32),
+			},
+			exp: []byte{0x1, 0x0},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "512",
+			args: []sql.Expression{
+				expression.NewLiteral(int32(512), types.Int32),
+			},
+			exp: []byte{0x2, 0x0},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "256 * 256",
+			args: []sql.Expression{
+				expression.NewLiteral(int32(256*256), types.Int32),
+			},
+			exp: []byte{0x1, 0x0, 0x0},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "1 2 3 4",
+			args: []sql.Expression{
+				expression.NewLiteral(int32(1), types.Int32),
+				expression.NewLiteral(int32(2), types.Int32),
+				expression.NewLiteral(int32(3), types.Int32),
+				expression.NewLiteral(int32(4), types.Int32),
+			},
+			exp: []byte{0x1, 0x2, 0x3, 0x4},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "1 20 300 4000",
+			args: []sql.Expression{
+				expression.NewLiteral(int32(1), types.Int32),
+				expression.NewLiteral(int32(20), types.Int32),
+				expression.NewLiteral(int32(300), types.Int32),
+				expression.NewLiteral(int32(4000), types.Int32),
+			},
+			exp: []byte{0x1, 0x14, 0x1, 0x2c, 0xf, 0xa0},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "float32 1.99",
+			args: []sql.Expression{
+				expression.NewLiteral(float32(1.99), types.Float32),
+			},
+			exp: []byte{0x2},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "float64 1.99",
+			args: []sql.Expression{
+				expression.NewLiteral(1.99, types.Float64),
+			},
+			exp: []byte{0x2},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "decimal 1.99",
+			args: []sql.Expression{
+				expression.NewLiteral(decimal.NewFromFloat(1.99), types.DecimalType_{}),
+			},
+			exp: []byte{0x2},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "good string",
+			args: []sql.Expression{
+				expression.NewLiteral("12", types.Text),
+			},
+			exp: []byte{0x0C},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "bad string",
+			args: []sql.Expression{
+				expression.NewLiteral("abc", types.Text),
+			},
+			exp: []byte{0x0},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "mix types",
+			args: []sql.Expression{
+				expression.NewLiteral(1, types.Int32),
+				expression.NewLiteral(9999, types.Int32),
+				expression.NewLiteral(1.23, types.Int32),
+				expression.NewLiteral("78", types.Text),
+				expression.NewLiteral("abc", types.Text),
+			},
+			exp: []byte{0x01, 0x27, 0x0F, 0x01, 0x4E, 0x0},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if tt.skip {
+				t.Skip()
+			}
+
+			ctx := sql.NewEmptyContext()
+			f, err := NewChar(tt.args...)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			res, err := f.Eval(ctx, nil)
+			if tt.err {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, tt.exp, res)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/sql/expression/function/registry.go b/sql/expression/function/registry.go
index c406763209..0f98a7be6b 100644
--- a/sql/expression/function/registry.go
+++ b/sql/expression/function/registry.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ var BuiltIns = []sql.Function{
 	sql.Function1{Name: "bit_xor", Fn: func(e sql.Expression) sql.Expression { return aggregation.NewBitXor(e) }},
 	sql.Function1{Name: "ceil", Fn: NewCeil},
 	sql.Function1{Name: "ceiling", Fn: NewCeil},
+	sql.FunctionN{Name: "char", Fn: NewChar},
 	sql.Function1{Name: "char_length", Fn: NewCharLength},
 	sql.Function1{Name: "character_length", Fn: NewCharLength},
 	sql.FunctionN{Name: "coalesce", Fn: NewCoalesce},
diff --git a/sql/planbuilder/scalar.go b/sql/planbuilder/scalar.go
index 70102496bc..185c7c3564 100644
--- a/sql/planbuilder/scalar.go
+++ b/sql/planbuilder/scalar.go
@@ -175,6 +175,25 @@ func (b *Builder) buildScalar(inScope *scope, e ast.Expr) sql.Expression {
 			b.handleErr(err)
 		}
 		return expression.NewConvertUsing(expr, charset)
+	case *ast.CharExpr:
+		args := make([]sql.Expression, len(v.Exprs))
+		for i, e := range v.Exprs {
+			args[i] = b.selectExprToExpression(inScope, e)
+		}
+
+		f, err := function.NewChar(args...)
+		if err != nil {
+			b.handleErr(err)
+		}
+
+		collId, err := sql.ParseCollation(&v.Type, nil, true)
+		if err != nil {
+			b.handleErr(err)
+		}
+
+		charFunc := f.(*function.Char)
+		charFunc.Collation = collId
+		return charFunc
 	case *ast.ConvertExpr:
 		var err error
 		typeLength := 0
diff --git a/sql/types/number.go b/sql/types/number.go
index 607a4628d4..e7870fa07c 100644
--- a/sql/types/number.go
+++ b/sql/types/number.go
@@ -1031,14 +1031,14 @@ func convertToUint32(t NumberTypeImpl_, v interface{}) (uint32, sql.ConvertInRan
 		return uint32(v), sql.InRange, nil
 	case int32:
 		if v < 0 {
-			return uint32(math.MaxUint32 + uint(v)), sql.OutOfRange, nil
+			return uint32(math.MaxUint32 - uint(-v-1)), sql.OutOfRange, nil
 		} else if int(v) > math.MaxUint32 {
 			return uint32(math.MaxUint32), sql.OutOfRange, nil
 		}
 		return uint32(v), sql.InRange, nil
 	case int64:
 		if v < 0 {
-			return uint32(math.MaxUint32 + uint(v)), sql.OutOfRange, nil
+			return uint32(math.MaxUint32 - uint(-v-1)), sql.OutOfRange, nil
 		} else if v > math.MaxUint32 {
 			return uint32(math.MaxUint32), sql.OutOfRange, nil
 		}