A character inputting method and a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes: detecting a pressing operation made by a user on a touch panel of the mobile terminal at a display region of the keyboard when a keyboard for inputting characters is displayed on a display panel of a mobile terminal; acquiring a pressure detection value for the pressing operation and a target key on which the pressing operation is performed when the pressing operation has been detected; selecting one character from first-type characters corresponding to the target key and inputting the selected character into a predetermined word editable region when the pressure detection value is greater than a predetermined threshold; and selecting one character from second-type characters corresponding to the target key and inputting the selected character into the predetermined word editable region when the pressure detection value is smaller than or equal to the predetermined threshold.