diff --git a/schala-lang/src/parsing/combinator.rs b/schala-lang/src/parsing/combinator.rs
index 4a59f75..bac392d 100644
--- a/schala-lang/src/parsing/combinator.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/src/parsing/combinator.rs
@@ -841,8 +841,15 @@ fn string_literal(input: Span) -> ParseResult<ExpressionKind> {
 }
 
 fn bare_string_literal(input: Span) -> ParseResult<String> {
-    let string_escape_transforms =
-        alt((value("\\", tag("\\")), value("\"", tag("\"")), value("\n", tag("n")), value("\t", tag("t"))));
+    let string_escape_transforms = alt((
+        value('\\', tag("\\")),
+        value('"', tag("\"")),
+        value('\n', tag("n")),
+        value('\t', tag("t")),
+        map(delimited(tag(r#"u{"#), recognize(digit_group_hex), tag("}")), |value| {
+            char::from_u32(u32::from_str_radix(value.fragment(), 16).unwrap()).unwrap()
+        }),
+    ));
     alt((
         map(tag(r#""""#), |_| String::new()),
         preceded(
diff --git a/schala-lang/src/parsing/test.rs b/schala-lang/src/parsing/test.rs
index 17591fb..727e750 100644
--- a/schala-lang/src/parsing/test.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/src/parsing/test.rs
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ fn string_literals() {
         expr(StringLiteral { s: rc("some bytestring"), prefix: Some(rc("b")) })
     );
     assert_expr!(r#""Do \n \" escapes work\t""#, expr(strlit("Do \n \" escapes work\t")));
+    assert_expr!(r#""Georgian letter jani \u{10ef}""#, expr(strlit("Georgian letter jani ჯ")));
 }
 
 #[test]