There is an NSString method -characterAtIndex: which returns an unichar.
NSString
-characterAtIndex:
(unichar)characterAtIndex:(NSUInteger)index
Another option is to use the class method:
+ (id)stringWithCharacters:(const unichar *)characters length:(NSUInteger)length;
So just using:
yourString = [NSString stringWithCharacters: &yourChar length: 1];
The yourChar parameter must be a pointer.