2 | Jing Mei | Woo | Protagonist. Copywriter. aka: June. |
| An Mei | Hsu | Jing Mei's family friend. Joy luck club member. |
| George | Hsu | An Mei's husband. President and Secretary of the Joy Luck Club. |
| Lindo | Jong | June's mother's best friend. aka: Auntie Lin. |
| Tin | Jong | Lindo's husband. |
| Suyuan | Woo | Jing Mei's mother. A joy luck auntie who lost her twin babies. |
| Canning | Woo | Suyuan's second husband. |
| Ying-Ying | St. Clair | Suyuan's friend. aka: Betty St. Clair. |
| Jack | | Auntie Ying's brother. A joy luck uncle. |
| Rose Hsu | Jordan | An Mei's daughter. |
| Ruth | Hsu | An Mei's daughter. |
| Janice | Hsu | An Mei's daughter. |
| Mrs. | Emerson | A woman whose son got arrested. |
| Mrs. | Chan | Ying's church friend. |
| Waverly | Jong | Lindo and Tin Jong's daughter. Chess prodigy. |
| Lena St. Clair | Livotny | Ying's daughter. Harold's wife. |
3 | Popo | | An Mei's grandmother. |
| Wu | Tsing | An Mei's step father. A very rich merchant. |
| Nuyer | | An Mei's mother. |
4 | Huang | Taitai | Tyan Yu's mother. The woman who forces Lindo to marry her son. |
| Tyan | Yu | Lindo's first husband. |
| Big | Wind | Lindo's frog. |
5 | Amah | | Ying-Ying's family house servant. |
| Chang-O | | The moon lady. |
| Baba | | Ying's great aunt. |
| Hou | Yi | The moon lady's husband. |
7 | Vincent | Jong | Waverly's brother. |
| Winston | Jong | Waverly's brother. Dead from a car accident. |
| Lau | Po | Waverly's chess playmate who taught her different chess techniques. |
8 | Teresa | Sorci | Lena's neighbor. |
| Mrs. | Sorci | Teresa's mother. |
9 | Ted | Jordan | Rose's husband. |
| Mrs. | Jordan | Ted's mother. Rose's mother-in-law. |
| Matthew | Hsu | Rose's brother. |
| Mark | Hsu | Rose's brother. |
| Bing | Hsu | Rose's missing brother. |
| Luke | Hsu | Rose's brother. |
| Chu | Jung | The three-eyed God of fire. |
10 | Mr. | Chong | Jing Mei's neighbor. Retired piano teacher. |
12 | Harold | Livotny | Lena's husband. A partner at an architectural firm. |
| Mirugai | | Lena's cat. |
| Arnold | Reisman | Lena's mean neighbor. |
| Robert | | Lena's friend. Photographer. |
13 | Mr. | Rory | Waverly's hairstylist. |
| Marlene | Ferber | Waverly's friend. |
| Rich | Schields | Waverly's fiance. |
| Marvin | Chen | Waverly's first husband. Shoshana's father. |
| Shoshana | Chen | Marvin and Waverly's daughter. |
| Lisa | Lum | Vincent's girlfriend. |
14 | Mr. | Chou | Guardian of the door that opens into dreams. |
| Wing | | Rose's new friend. |
| Mrs. | Berry | Rose's former teacher. |
16 | Syi Wang | Mu | The Queen Mother of Western Skies. |
17 | Yan | Cheng | An Mei's personal maid. |
| Syaudi | | Wu Tsing's son. An Mei's mother. |
18 | Clifford | St. Clair | Ying-Ying's husband. |
20 | Aiyi | | Suyuan's old friend. |
| Lili | | Aiyi's granddaughter. |
| Yu Wang | Chwun | Chwun Hwa's twin sister. Suyuan's lost daughter. |
| Hwa | Chwun | Chwun Yu's twin sister. Suyuan's lost daughter. |
| Wang | Fuchi | The twins's father. Suyuan's first husband. |
| Ching | Mei | Finds the twin daughters of Suyuan. |
| Ching | Han | Mei Ching's husband. |