| 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. |
