diff --git a/src/conversion.rs b/src/conversion.rs
index e5716429..5256d5e1 100644
--- a/src/conversion.rs
+++ b/src/conversion.rs
@@ -174,10 +174,7 @@ pub trait FromPyObject<'source>: Sized {
 
 /// Identity conversion: allows using existing `PyObject` instances where
 /// `T: ToPyObject` is expected.
-impl<'a, T: ?Sized> ToPyObject for &'a T
-where
-    T: ToPyObject,
-{
+impl<'a, T: ?Sized + ToPyObject> ToPyObject for &'a T {
     #[inline]
     fn to_object(&self, py: Python) -> PyObject {
         <T as ToPyObject>::to_object(*self, py)
diff --git a/src/types/string.rs b/src/types/string.rs
index 2bb5e3cd..4d110c59 100644
--- a/src/types/string.rs
+++ b/src/types/string.rs
@@ -141,6 +141,19 @@ impl ToPyObject for String {
     }
 }
 
+impl ToPyObject for char {
+    fn to_object(&self, py: Python) -> PyObject {
+        self.into_py(py)
+    }
+}
+
+impl IntoPy<PyObject> for char {
+    fn into_py(self, py: Python) -> PyObject {
+        let mut bytes = [0u8; 4];
+        PyString::new(py, self.encode_utf8(&mut bytes)).into()
+    }
+}
+
 impl IntoPy<PyObject> for String {
     fn into_py(self, py: Python) -> PyObject {
         PyString::new(py, &self).into()
@@ -156,7 +169,7 @@ impl<'a> IntoPy<PyObject> for &'a String {
 
 /// Allows extracting strings from Python objects.
 /// Accepts Python `str` and `unicode` objects.
-impl<'source> crate::FromPyObject<'source> for &'source str {
+impl<'source> FromPyObject<'source> for &'source str {
     fn extract(ob: &'source PyAny) -> PyResult<Self> {
         <PyString as PyTryFrom>::try_from(ob)?.to_str()
     }
@@ -172,6 +185,20 @@ impl<'source> FromPyObject<'source> for String {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'source> FromPyObject<'source> for char {
+    fn extract(obj: &'source PyAny) -> PyResult<Self> {
+        let s = PyString::try_from(obj)?.to_str()?;
+        let mut iter = s.chars();
+        if let (Some(ch), None) = (iter.next(), iter.next()) {
+            Ok(ch)
+        } else {
+            Err(crate::exceptions::PyValueError::new_err(format!(
+                "Expected a sting of length 1",
+            )))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use super::PyString;
@@ -198,6 +225,16 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(s, s2);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_extract_char() {
+        Python::with_gil(|py| {
+            let ch = '😃';
+            let py_string = ch.to_object(py);
+            let ch2: char = FromPyObject::extract(py_string.as_ref(py)).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(ch, ch2);
+        })
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_to_str_ascii() {
         let gil = Python::acquire_gil();