Yen Jun-ling/Adeline/Wu Mei (Fifth Daughter) -- the main character. She was an unwanted child because she was considered bad luck because she was told to be the cause of her mother's death
Aunt Baba -- Jun-ling's loving aunt. She's one of the few ones who takes Jun-ling's side in the family, is also Jun-ling's mother's best friend.
Ye Ye -- Jun-ling's grandfather; her father's father. He is always siding the first children.
Nai Nai -- Jun-ling's grandmother; her father's mother. She is the authority in the house.
Niang (Mother) -- Jun-ling's stepmother, is a French woman; married Jun-ling's father one year after his wife died. She takes over after Nai Nai died.
Father -- Jun-ling's father; married Niang one year after his wife died; Ye Ye and Nai Nai's only son.
Big Sister/Lydia -- the eldest daughter; takes Niang's side as the story continues. Married at the age of 17.
Big Brother/Gregory -- the eldest son, next to Big Sister. Goes to England with Second brother for college.
Second Brother/Edgar -- born after Big Brother. Goes to England with Big Brother for college.
Third Brother/James -- born after second brother and before Jun-ling. Is the only sibling Jun-ling is close to.
Fourth Younger Brother/Franklin -- Jun-ling's younger stepbrother and is Niang's little darling. He is treated especially by their father and he loves to see Ye Ye really... really... pissed off and angry.
Little Sister/Susan -- the youngest daughter
Aunt Reine -- Niang's sister; rescued Jun-ling from the St. Joseph's
Uncle Jean -- Aunt Reine's husband
Claudine and Victor -- Uncle Jean and Aunt Reine's children, Jun-ling's best friends
Lin Tao-tao and Wu Chun Mei -- Jun-ling's best friends at Shanghai
Mary, Elanor and Monica -- Jun-ling's schoolmates at Sacred Heart
Mother/Mama -- Jun-ling's real mother
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