diff --git a/fastNLP/core/field.py b/fastNLP/core/field.py
index 64aafdd3..1c5e7425 100644
--- a/fastNLP/core/field.py
+++ b/fastNLP/core/field.py
@@ -131,5 +131,37 @@ class SeqLabelField(Field):
     def contents(self):
         return self.label_seq.copy()
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    tf = TextField("test the code".split(), is_target=False)
+
+class CharTextField(Field):
+    def __init__(self, text, max_word_len, is_target=False):
+        super(CharTextField, self).__init__(is_target)
+        self.text = text
+        self.max_word_len = max_word_len
+        self._index = []
+
+    def get_length(self):
+        return len(self.text)
+
+    def contents(self):
+        return self.text.copy()
+
+    def index(self, char_vocab):
+        if len(self._index) == 0:
+            for word in self.text:
+                char_index = [char_vocab[ch] for ch in word]
+                if self.max_word_len >= len(char_index):
+                    char_index += [0] * (self.max_word_len - len(char_index))
+                else:
+                    self._index.clear()
+                    raise RuntimeError("Word {} has more than {} characters. ".format(word, self.max_word_len))
+                self._index.append(char_index)
+        return self._index
+
+    def to_tensor(self, padding_length):
+        """
+
+        :param padding_length: int, the padding length of the word sequence.
+        :return : tensor of shape (padding_length, max_word_len)
+        """
+        pads = [[0] * self.max_word_len] * (padding_length - self.get_length())
+        return torch.LongTensor(self._index + pads)
diff --git a/test/core/test_field.py b/test/core/test_field.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ccc36f49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/test_field.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import unittest
+
+from fastNLP.core.field import CharTextField
+
+
+class TestField(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_case(self):
+        text = "PhD applicants must submit a Research Plan and a resume " \
+               "specify your class ranking written in English and a list of research" \
+               " publications if any".split()
+        max_word_len = max([len(w) for w in text])
+        field = CharTextField(text, max_word_len, is_target=False)
+        all_char = set()
+        for word in text:
+            all_char.update([ch for ch in word])
+        char_vocab = {ch: idx + 1 for idx, ch in enumerate(all_char)}
+
+        self.assertEqual(field.index(char_vocab),
+                         [[char_vocab[ch] for ch in word] + [0] * (max_word_len - len(word)) for word in text])
+        self.assertEqual(field.get_length(), len(text))
+        self.assertEqual(field.contents(), text)
+        tensor = field.to_tensor(50)
+        self.assertEqual(tuple(tensor.shape), (50, max_word_len))