Provided is a position indicator that can display a writing trace according to the situation at the time of actual writing input or a writing trace in any situation designated by the user, or feedback the feeling at the time of writing input to the user.　The position indicator is used with a position detector having a position detection sensor. The position indicator comprises: a core body which contacts the input surface for position detection in the position detection sensor; a first functional module having a position detection signal transmitter that sends a position detection signal to the position detection sensor; a first functional unit which generates characteristic selection information according to the characteristics of the core body and/or the characteristics of the input surface, and transmits the generated characteristic selection information to the outside and/or a second functional unit which generates a stimulus according to the characteristic selection information perceived by the user holding the position indicator through hearing and/or tactile sensation.