char /ˈʧɑr/
 字元型[C 語言中,數據類型的一種];家庭雜務,炭(vi.)打雜,燒焦
 Char, Chare, v. i. To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs.
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 Char v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charred p. pr. & vb. n. Charring.]
 1. To reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat; to reduce to charcoal; to burn to a cinder.
 2. To burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood.
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 Char, Charr n.  Zool. One of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus, allied to the spotted trout and salmon, inhabiting deep lakes in mountainous regions in Europe. In the United States, the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is sometimes called a char.
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 Char, n.  A car; a chariot. [Obs.]
 Char n.  Work done by the day; a single job, or task; a chore. [Written also chare.] [Eng.]
 When thou hast done this chare, I give thee leave
 To play till doomsday.   --Shak.
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 Char, Chare, v. t.
 1. To perform; to do; to finish. [Obs.]
    Thet char is chared, as the good wife said when she had hanged her husband.   --Old Proverb.
 2. To work or hew, as stone.
 char
      n 1: a charred substance
      2: a human female who does housework; "the char will clean the
         carpet" [syn: charwoman, cleaning woman, cleaning
         lady, woman]
      3: any of several small-scaled trout
      v 1: burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire
           will char everything" [syn: coal]
      2: burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The
         cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the
         ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the
         ceiling" [syn: blacken, scorch]
      [also: charring, charred]