The embodiment of the invention provides a character display method and device for an input method. The method comprises the following steps that: receiving a coded character string input by a user; determining a candidate character corresponding to the coded character string; according to a preset corresponding relationship between the character and a format, determining a format corresponding to the candidate character; and displaying the candidate character of the corresponding format. When a scheme in the invention is adopted, the user inputs the coded character string corresponding to the character to obtain the candidate character with the corresponding format, which is convenient and quick.