To provide a character processor capable of easily changing a character stored once in a text regardless of the existence of a character code when changing to a former character or a different form character, and capable of easily returning the character to the original character pattern even after a change.

This character processor comprises a character input means for inputting the character, a memory for storing the character code, a display means for displaying a character pattern from the character pattern and the code by making access thereto, a printing means for printing the character pattern, and a storage means for storing the character code in an external storage device.