diff --git a/Tokenizer.cs b/Tokenizer.cs
index db26407..ecee68c 100644
--- a/Tokenizer.cs
+++ b/Tokenizer.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class Tokenizer
 	int closingLongBracketLevel;
 	Token? currentToken;
 	CodeLocation currentLocation = new(line: 0, col: 0);
-	int escapeSequenceNumber;
+	long escapeSequenceNumber;
 
 	public Token[] Tokenize(string content)
 	{
@@ -495,10 +495,68 @@ class Tokenizer
 						state = State.QuoteBackslashX;
 					}
 					break;
+					case 'u':
+					{
+						state = State.QuoteBackslashU;
+					}
+					break;
 					default: throw new Exception($"Unknown escape sequence: \\{ch} at {currentLocation}");
 				}
 			}
 			break;
+			case State.QuoteBackslashU:
+			{
+				if(ch == '{')
+				{
+					state = State.QuoteBackslashUBracket;
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					throw new Exception($"Expected `{{` to continue \\u escape sequence at {currentLocation}, got {ch}");
+				}
+			}
+			break;
+			case State.QuoteBackslashUBracket:
+			{
+				if(char.IsAsciiHexDigit(ch))
+				{
+					state = State.QuoteBackslashUBracketHex;
+					escapeSequenceNumber = char.IsAsciiDigit(ch) ? ch - '0' : 10 + char.ToLower(ch) - 'a';
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					throw new Exception($"Expected hex digit to continue \\u escape sequence at {currentLocation}, got {ch}");
+				}
+			}
+			break;
+			case State.QuoteBackslashUBracketHex:
+			{
+				if(char.IsAsciiHexDigit(ch))
+				{
+					escapeSequenceNumber = (escapeSequenceNumber * 16) + (char.IsAsciiDigit(ch) ? ch - '0' : 10 + char.ToLower(ch) - 'a');
+					if(escapeSequenceNumber > uint.MaxValue)
+					{
+						throw new Exception($"{currentLocation}: \\u escape sequence has a value > 2^31 which is not permitted");
+					}
+				}
+				else if(ch == '}')
+				{
+					state = State.Quote;
+					// TODO: THIS IS WRONG, there is zero padding due to the fixed size array
+					char[] chars = Encoding.UTF8.GetChars(BitConverter.GetBytes((uint)escapeSequenceNumber));
+					for(int i = 0; i < chars.Length; i++)
+					{
+						AppendDataChar(chars[i]);
+					}
+
+					escapeSequenceNumber = 0;
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					throw new Exception($"Expected second hex digit to continue \\u escape sequence at {currentLocation}, got {ch}");
+				}
+			}
+			break;
 			case State.QuoteBackslashZ:
 			{
 				if(ch == '\\')
@@ -634,10 +692,67 @@ class Tokenizer
 						state = State.SingleQuoteBackslashX;
 					}
 					break;
+					case 'u':
+					{
+						state = State.SingleQuoteBackslashU;
+					}
+					break;
 					default: throw new Exception($"Unknown escape sequence: \\{ch}");
 				}
 			}
 			break;
+			case State.SingleQuoteBackslashU:
+			{
+				if(ch == '{')
+				{
+					state = State.SingleQuoteBackslashUBracket;
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					throw new Exception($"Expected `{{` to continue \\u escape sequence at {currentLocation}, got {ch}");
+				}
+			}
+			break;
+			case State.SingleQuoteBackslashUBracket:
+			{
+				if(char.IsAsciiHexDigit(ch))
+				{
+					state = State.SingleQuoteBackslashUBracketHex;
+					escapeSequenceNumber = char.IsAsciiDigit(ch) ? ch - '0' : 10 + char.ToLower(ch) - 'a';
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					throw new Exception($"Expected hex digit to continue \\u escape sequence at {currentLocation}, got {ch}");
+				}
+			}
+			break;
+			case State.SingleQuoteBackslashUBracketHex:
+			{
+				if(char.IsAsciiHexDigit(ch))
+				{
+					escapeSequenceNumber = (escapeSequenceNumber * 16) + (char.IsAsciiDigit(ch) ? ch - '0' : 10 + char.ToLower(ch) - 'a');
+					if(escapeSequenceNumber > uint.MaxValue)
+					{
+						throw new Exception($"{currentLocation}: \\u escape sequence has a value > 2^31 which is not permitted");
+					}
+				}
+				else if(ch == '}')
+				{
+					state = State.SingleQuote;
+					// TODO: THIS IS WRONG, there is zero padding due to the fixed size array
+					char[] chars = Encoding.UTF8.GetChars(BitConverter.GetBytes((uint)escapeSequenceNumber));
+					for(int i = 0; i < chars.Length; i++)
+					{
+						AppendDataChar(chars[i]);
+					}
+					escapeSequenceNumber = 0;
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					throw new Exception($"Expected second hex digit to continue \\u escape sequence at {currentLocation}, got {ch}");
+				}
+			}
+			break;
 			case State.SingleQuoteBackslashZ:
 			{
 				if(ch == '\\')
@@ -689,6 +804,7 @@ class Tokenizer
 				{
 					state = State.SingleQuote;
 					escapeSequenceNumber = (escapeSequenceNumber * 16) + (char.IsAsciiDigit(ch) ? ch - '0' : 10 + char.ToLower(ch) - 'a');
+					// TODO: THIS IS WRONG, there is zero padding due to the fixed size array
 					foreach(char c in Encoding.UTF8.GetChars(BitConverter.GetBytes(escapeSequenceNumber)))
 					{
 						AppendDataChar(c);
@@ -720,6 +836,7 @@ class Tokenizer
 				{
 					state = State.Quote;
 					escapeSequenceNumber = (escapeSequenceNumber * 16) + (char.IsAsciiDigit(ch) ? ch - '0' : 10 + char.ToLower(ch) - 'a');
+					// TODO: THIS IS WRONG, there is zero padding due to the fixed size array
 					foreach(char c in Encoding.UTF8.GetChars(BitConverter.GetBytes(escapeSequenceNumber)))
 					{
 						AppendDataChar(c);
@@ -3735,6 +3852,8 @@ class Tokenizer
 
 		And, Bre, Els, End, Fal, For, Fun, Got, Loc, Nil, Not, Rep, Ret, The, Tru, Unt, Whi,
 		DotDotDot, HexNumber, QuoteBackslashZ, SingleQuoteBackslashZ, QuoteBackslashX, SingleQuoteBackslashX, QuoteBackslashXHex, SingleQuoteBackslashXHex,
+		SingleQuoteBackslashU, SingleQuoteBackslashUBracket, SingleQuoteBackslashUBracketHex,
+		QuoteBackslashU, QuoteBackslashUBracket, QuoteBackslashUBracketHex,
 		SmallComment, BigComment, BigCommentStartLongBracket, BigCommentEndLongBracket,
 
 		Brea, Else, Fals, Func, Goto, Loca, Repe, Retu, Then, True, Unti, Whil, HexExpNumber,