verb

• (ergative) To burn something to charcoal; to be burnt to charcoal.
  "I charred the wood."
• (transitive) To burn (something) severely, so as to blacken it.
  "The fire charred her down to the bone."
• (transitive) To burn (something) slightly or superficially so as to affect colour.
  "The chef charred the scallops just right."

noun

• (obsolete) A time; a turn or occasion.
• (obsolete) A turn of work; a labour or item of business.

verb

• (obsolete) To turn, especially away or aside.
• (obsolete) To perform; to do; to finish.
  "All's chared when he is gone."

noun

• (computing, programming) A character (text element such as a letter or symbol).
  "The unit is an 80-column, 30 char. /sec dot matrix printer which uses a 5 by 7 font."
• (colloquial) A character (being involved in the action of a story).
  "In fact, when I somewhat lack inspiration, I tend to convert my characters according to the rules of a game which universe is close enough (I did it for some of the chars in my WIP, taking the Cyberpunk 2020 rulebook)."