diff --git a/builtin/builtin.mbti b/builtin/builtin.mbti
index 0de1f39f0..4ea3ccd39 100644
--- a/builtin/builtin.mbti
+++ b/builtin/builtin.mbti
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ impl Char {
   to_int(Char) -> Int
   to_json(Char) -> Json
   to_string(Char) -> String
+  to_uint(Char) -> UInt
 }
 impl Int {
   asr(Int, Int) -> Int //deprecated
diff --git a/builtin/intrinsics.mbt b/builtin/intrinsics.mbt
index c749ed5cf..98a0bfabd 100644
--- a/builtin/intrinsics.mbt
+++ b/builtin/intrinsics.mbt
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ pub fn Double::convert_uint(val : UInt) -> Double = "%u32.to_f64"
 
 pub fn Char::to_int(self : Char) -> Int = "%char_to_int"
 
+pub fn Char::to_uint(self : Char) -> UInt {
+  self.to_int().reinterpret_as_uint()
+}
+
 pub fn Char::from_int(val : Int) -> Char = "%char_from_int"
 
 pub fn Char::op_equal(self : Char, other : Char) -> Bool = "%char_eq"
diff --git a/builtin/intrinsics_test.mbt b/builtin/intrinsics_test.mbt
index 075349ed4..95de60312 100644
--- a/builtin/intrinsics_test.mbt
+++ b/builtin/intrinsics_test.mbt
@@ -343,3 +343,44 @@ test "grouped test for random cases" {
   inspect!(Float::reinterpret_as_uint(1.0e+30), content="1900671690")
   inspect!(Float::reinterpret_as_uint(-1.0e+30), content="4048155338")
 }
+
+test "Char::to_uint - Boundary Cases" {
+  // Test for the boundary values of Char
+  inspect!(Char::to_uint('\u{0}'), content="0")
+  inspect!(Char::to_uint('\u{FFFF}'), content="65535")
+}
+
+test "Char::to_uint - Random Cases" {
+  // Test for some random values of Char
+  inspect!(Char::to_uint('a'), content="97")
+  inspect!(Char::to_uint('A'), content="65")
+  inspect!(Char::to_uint('1'), content="49")
+  inspect!(Char::to_uint('!'), content="33")
+  inspect!(Char::to_uint(' '), content="32")
+  inspect!(Char::to_uint('中'), content="20013")
+}
+
+test "Char::to_uint - Edge Cases" {
+  // Test for some edge cases
+  inspect!(Char::to_uint('\u{0001}'), content="1")
+  inspect!(Char::to_uint('\u{00FF}'), content="255")
+  inspect!(Char::to_uint('\u{0100}'), content="256")
+  inspect!(Char::to_uint('\u{FFFE}'), content="65534")
+}
+
+test "Char::to_uint - Special Characters" {
+  // Test for special characters
+  inspect!(Char::to_uint('\n'), content="10")
+  inspect!(Char::to_uint('\t'), content="9")
+  inspect!(Char::to_uint('\r'), content="13")
+  inspect!(Char::to_uint('\\'), content="92")
+  inspect!(Char::to_uint('\''), content="39")
+}
+
+test "Char::to_uint - Unicode Characters" {
+  // Test for some Unicode characters
+  inspect!(Char::to_uint('😀'), content="128512")
+  inspect!(Char::to_uint('🌍'), content="127757")
+  inspect!(Char::to_uint('⚡'), content="9889")
+  inspect!(Char::to_uint('♫'), content="9835")
+}