diff --git a/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/KString.cpp b/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/KString.cpp
index 51813a00c63..c0a55541b02 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/KString.cpp
+++ b/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/KString.cpp
@@ -207,12 +207,12 @@ OBJ_GETTER(Kotlin_String_unsafeStringFromCharArray, KConstRef thiz, KInt start,
   RETURN_OBJ(result->obj());
 }
 
-OBJ_GETTER(Kotlin_String_toCharArray, KString string, KInt start, KInt size) {
-  ArrayHeader* result = AllocArrayInstance(theCharArrayTypeInfo, size, OBJ_RESULT)->array();
-  memcpy(CharArrayAddressOfElementAt(result, 0),
+OBJ_GETTER(Kotlin_String_toCharArray, KString string, KRef destination, KInt destinationOffset, KInt start, KInt size) {
+  ArrayHeader* destinationArray = destination->array();
+  memcpy(CharArrayAddressOfElementAt(destinationArray, destinationOffset),
          CharArrayAddressOfElementAt(string, start),
          size * sizeof(KChar));
-  RETURN_OBJ(result->obj());
+  RETURN_OBJ(destinationArray->obj());
 }
 
 OBJ_GETTER(Kotlin_String_subSequence, KString thiz, KInt startIndex, KInt endIndex) {
diff --git a/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/text/Strings.kt b/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/text/Strings.kt
index fef4fb69485..e64e9cb96fd 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/text/Strings.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/text/Strings.kt
@@ -256,10 +256,10 @@ public actual fun String.lowercase(): String = lowercaseImpl()
 /**
  * Returns a [CharArray] containing characters of this string.
  */
-public actual fun String.toCharArray(): CharArray = toCharArray(this, 0, length)
+public actual fun String.toCharArray(): CharArray = toCharArray(this, CharArray(length), 0, 0, length)
 
 @GCUnsafeCall("Kotlin_String_toCharArray")
-private external fun toCharArray(string: String, start: Int, size: Int): CharArray
+private external fun toCharArray(string: String, destination: CharArray, destinationOffset: Int, start: Int, size: Int): CharArray
 
 /**
  * Returns a copy of this string having its first letter titlecased using the rules of the default locale,
@@ -377,7 +377,35 @@ internal external fun unsafeStringFromCharArray(array: CharArray, start: Int, si
 @Suppress("ACTUAL_FUNCTION_WITH_DEFAULT_ARGUMENTS")
 public actual fun String.toCharArray(startIndex: Int = 0, endIndex: Int = this.length): CharArray {
     AbstractList.checkBoundsIndexes(startIndex, endIndex, length)
-    return toCharArray(this, startIndex, endIndex - startIndex)
+    val rangeSize = endIndex - startIndex
+    return toCharArray(this, CharArray(rangeSize), 0, startIndex, rangeSize)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Copies characters from this string into the [destination] character array and returns that array.
+ *
+ * @param destination the array to copy to.
+ * @param destinationOffset the position in the array to copy to.
+ * @param startIndex the start offset (inclusive) of the substring to copy.
+ * @param endIndex the end offset (exclusive) of the substring to copy.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException or [IllegalArgumentException] when [startIndex] or [endIndex] is out of range of this string builder indices or when `startIndex > endIndex`.
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException when the subrange doesn't fit into the [destination] array starting at the specified [destinationOffset],
+ *  or when that index is out of the [destination] array indices range.
+ */
+@ExperimentalStdlibApi
+@SinceKotlin("1.9")
+@Suppress("ACTUAL_FUNCTION_WITH_DEFAULT_ARGUMENTS")
+public actual fun String.toCharArray(
+        destination: CharArray,
+        destinationOffset: Int = 0,
+        startIndex: Int = 0,
+        endIndex: Int = length
+): CharArray {
+    AbstractList.checkBoundsIndexes(startIndex, endIndex, length)
+    val rangeSize = endIndex - startIndex
+    AbstractList.checkBoundsIndexes(destinationOffset, destinationOffset + rangeSize, destination.size)
+    return toCharArray(this, destination, destinationOffset, startIndex, rangeSize)
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/api/js/kotlin.text.kt b/libraries/stdlib/api/js/kotlin.text.kt
index 99df0794897..9ee24f90d55 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/api/js/kotlin.text.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/api/js/kotlin.text.kt
@@ -1052,6 +1052,10 @@ public fun kotlin.String.toByteOrNull(radix: kotlin.Int): kotlin.Byte?
 @kotlin.WasExperimental(markerClass = {kotlin.ExperimentalStdlibApi::class})
 public fun kotlin.String.toCharArray(): kotlin.CharArray
 
+@kotlin.ExperimentalStdlibApi
+@kotlin.SinceKotlin(version = "1.9")
+public fun kotlin.String.toCharArray(destination: kotlin.CharArray, destinationOffset: kotlin.Int = ..., startIndex: kotlin.Int = ..., endIndex: kotlin.Int = ...): kotlin.CharArray
+
 @kotlin.SinceKotlin(version = "1.4")
 @kotlin.WasExperimental(markerClass = {kotlin.ExperimentalStdlibApi::class})
 public fun kotlin.String.toCharArray(startIndex: kotlin.Int = ..., endIndex: kotlin.Int = ...): kotlin.CharArray
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/common/src/kotlin/TextH.kt b/libraries/stdlib/common/src/kotlin/TextH.kt
index 644fd38a42e..7f469d0725c 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/common/src/kotlin/TextH.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/common/src/kotlin/TextH.kt
@@ -169,6 +169,27 @@ public expect fun String.toCharArray(): CharArray
 @WasExperimental(ExperimentalStdlibApi::class)
 public expect fun String.toCharArray(startIndex: Int = 0, endIndex: Int = this.length): CharArray
 
+/**
+ * Copies characters from this string into the [destination] character array and returns that array.
+ *
+ * @param destination the array to copy to.
+ * @param destinationOffset the position in the array to copy to.
+ * @param startIndex the start offset (inclusive) of the substring to copy.
+ * @param endIndex the end offset (exclusive) of the substring to copy.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException or [IllegalArgumentException] when [startIndex] or [endIndex] is out of range of this string builder indices or when `startIndex > endIndex`.
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException when the subrange doesn't fit into the [destination] array starting at the specified [destinationOffset],
+ *  or when that index is out of the [destination] array indices range.
+ */
+@ExperimentalStdlibApi
+@SinceKotlin("1.9")
+public expect fun String.toCharArray(
+    destination: CharArray,
+    destinationOffset: Int = 0,
+    startIndex: Int = 0,
+    endIndex: Int = length
+): CharArray
+
 /**
  * Decodes a string from the bytes in UTF-8 encoding in this array.
  *
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/js/src/kotlin/text/stringJs.kt b/libraries/stdlib/js/src/kotlin/text/stringJs.kt
index 2eee5c537fb..e9a68e408ac 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/js/src/kotlin/text/stringJs.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/js/src/kotlin/text/stringJs.kt
@@ -100,6 +100,36 @@ public actual fun String.toCharArray(startIndex: Int = 0, endIndex: Int = this.l
     return CharArray(endIndex - startIndex) { get(startIndex + it) }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Copies characters from this string into the [destination] character array and returns that array.
+ *
+ * @param destination the array to copy to.
+ * @param destinationOffset the position in the array to copy to.
+ * @param startIndex the start offset (inclusive) of the substring to copy.
+ * @param endIndex the end offset (exclusive) of the substring to copy.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException or [IllegalArgumentException] when [startIndex] or [endIndex] is out of range of this string builder indices or when `startIndex > endIndex`.
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException when the subrange doesn't fit into the [destination] array starting at the specified [destinationOffset],
+ *  or when that index is out of the [destination] array indices range.
+ */
+@ExperimentalStdlibApi
+@SinceKotlin("1.9")
+@Suppress("ACTUAL_FUNCTION_WITH_DEFAULT_ARGUMENTS")
+public actual fun String.toCharArray(
+    destination: CharArray,
+    destinationOffset: Int = 0,
+    startIndex: Int = 0,
+    endIndex: Int = length
+): CharArray {
+    AbstractList.checkBoundsIndexes(startIndex, endIndex, length)
+    AbstractList.checkBoundsIndexes(destinationOffset, destinationOffset + endIndex - startIndex, destination.size)
+    var destIndex = destinationOffset
+    for (i in startIndex until endIndex) {
+        destination[destIndex++] = this[i]
+    }
+    return destination
+}
+
 /**
  * Decodes a string from the bytes in UTF-8 encoding in this array.
  *
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/jvm/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt b/libraries/stdlib/jvm/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
index 5be725b3076..27f28594962 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/jvm/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/jvm/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
@@ -314,9 +314,14 @@ public actual inline fun String.toCharArray(): CharArray = (this as java.lang.St
  * @param destinationOffset the position in the array to copy to.
  * @param startIndex the start offset (inclusive) of the substring to copy.
  * @param endIndex the end offset (exclusive) of the substring to copy.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException or [IllegalArgumentException] when [startIndex] or [endIndex] is out of range of this string builder indices or when `startIndex > endIndex`.
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException when the subrange doesn't fit into the [destination] array starting at the specified [destinationOffset],
+ *  or when that index is out of the [destination] array indices range.
  */
+@Suppress("ACTUAL_FUNCTION_WITH_DEFAULT_ARGUMENTS")
 @kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
-public inline fun String.toCharArray(
+public actual inline fun String.toCharArray(
     destination: CharArray,
     destinationOffset: Int = 0,
     startIndex: Int = 0,
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringTest.kt b/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringTest.kt
index c985d5ae23b..96aaa539eba 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringTest.kt
@@ -115,24 +115,25 @@ class StringTest {
     @Test
     fun toCharArray() {
         val s = "hello"
+        val destination = CharArray(5) { '.' }
         assertArrayContentEquals(charArrayOf('h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'), s.toCharArray())
         assertArrayContentEquals(charArrayOf('e', 'l'), s.toCharArray(1, 3))
+        assertSame(destination, s.toCharArray(destination, 2, 1, 3))
+        assertArrayContentEquals(charArrayOf('.', '.', 'e', 'l', '.'), destination)
 
         assertFailsWith<IndexOutOfBoundsException> { s.toCharArray(-1) }
         assertFailsWith<IndexOutOfBoundsException> { s.toCharArray(0, 6) }
         assertFailsWith<IllegalArgumentException> { s.toCharArray(3, 1) }
+        assertFailsWith<IndexOutOfBoundsException> { s.toCharArray(destination, -1, 1, 3) }
+        assertFailsWith<IndexOutOfBoundsException> { s.toCharArray(destination, 4, 1, 3) }
 
         // Array modifications must not affect original string
         val a = s.toCharArray()
-        for (i in a.indices) {
-            a[i] = ' '
-        }
-        assertContentEquals(charArrayOf(' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' '), a)
+        a.fill(' ')
         val a13 = s.toCharArray(1, 3)
-        for (i in a13.indices) {
-            a13[i] = ' '
-        }
-        assertContentEquals(charArrayOf(' ', ' '), a13)
+        a13.fill(' ')
+        assertSame(destination, s.toCharArray(destination))
+        destination.fill(' ')
         assertEquals("hello", s)
     }
 
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/wasm/src/kotlin/text/StringsWasm.kt b/libraries/stdlib/wasm/src/kotlin/text/StringsWasm.kt
index 753439f502d..af94773087b 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/wasm/src/kotlin/text/StringsWasm.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/wasm/src/kotlin/text/StringsWasm.kt
@@ -145,6 +145,34 @@ public actual fun String.toCharArray(startIndex: Int = 0, endIndex: Int = this.l
     return newArray
 }
 
+/**
+ * Copies characters from this string into the [destination] character array and returns that array.
+ *
+ * @param destination the array to copy to.
+ * @param destinationOffset the position in the array to copy to.
+ * @param startIndex the start offset (inclusive) of the substring to copy.
+ * @param endIndex the end offset (exclusive) of the substring to copy.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException or [IllegalArgumentException] when [startIndex] or [endIndex] is out of range of this string builder indices or when `startIndex > endIndex`.
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException when the subrange doesn't fit into the [destination] array starting at the specified [destinationOffset],
+ *  or when that index is out of the [destination] array indices range.
+ */
+@ExperimentalStdlibApi
+@SinceKotlin("1.9")
+@Suppress("ACTUAL_FUNCTION_WITH_DEFAULT_ARGUMENTS")
+public actual fun String.toCharArray(
+    destination: CharArray,
+    destinationOffset: Int = 0,
+    startIndex: Int = 0,
+    endIndex: Int = length
+): CharArray {
+    AbstractList.checkBoundsIndexes(startIndex, endIndex, length)
+    val rangeSize = endIndex - startIndex
+    AbstractList.checkBoundsIndexes(destinationOffset, destinationOffset + rangeSize, destination.size)
+    copyWasmArray(this.chars, destination.storage, startIndex, destinationOffset, rangeSize)
+    return destination
+}
+
 /**
  * Decodes a string from the bytes in UTF-8 encoding in this array.
  *