Characters are just 16-bit unsigned integers. : char « Java Source And Data Type « SCJP

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you can assign a number literal, assuming it will fit into the unsigned 16-bit range (65535 or less). 

public class MainClass{
    public static void main(String[] argv){
        char a = 0x892;        // hexadecimal literal
        char b = 982;          // int literal
        char c = (char)70000;  // The cast is required; 70000 is
                               // out of char range
        char d = (char) -98;   // Ridiculous, but legal


    }
}