diff --git a/lib/ebnf/native.rb b/lib/ebnf/native.rb
index 54cf77d..512cef2 100644
--- a/lib/ebnf/native.rb
+++ b/lib/ebnf/native.rb
@@ -288,11 +288,11 @@ def terminal(s)
       case m = s[0,1]
       when '"', "'" # STRING1 or STRING2
         l, s = s[1..-1].split(m.rstrip, 2)
-        [Unescape.unescape_string(l).tap {|str| str.quote_style = (m == "'" ? :squote : :dquote)}, s]
+        [Unescape.unescape(l).tap {|str| str.quote_style = (m == "'" ? :squote : :dquote)}, s]
       when '[' # RANGE, O_RANGE
         # Includes RANGE and O_RANGE which can't include a ']'
         l, s = s[1..-1].split(']', 2)
-        [[:range, Unescape.unescape_string(l)], s]
+        [[:range, Unescape.unescape(l)], s]
       when '#' # HEX
         s.match(/(#x\h+)(.*)$/)
         l, s = $1, $2
diff --git a/lib/ebnf/unescape.rb b/lib/ebnf/unescape.rb
index e501608..9523942 100644
--- a/lib/ebnf/unescape.rb
+++ b/lib/ebnf/unescape.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def unescape_codepoints(string)
   # @return [String]
   # @see    https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-sparql-query/#grammarEscapes
   def unescape_string(input)
-    input.gsub(ECHAR) { |escaped| ESCAPE_CHARS[escaped] || escaped[1..-1]}
+    input.gsub(ECHAR) {|escaped| ESCAPE_CHARS[escaped] || escaped}
   end
   module_function :unescape_string
 
diff --git a/spec/native_spec.rb b/spec/native_spec.rb
index 87e5497..7fd612c 100644
--- a/spec/native_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/native_spec.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
                 UCHAR))
               '>')))},
       ],
+      "UCHAR": [
+        %(UCHAR ::= ( '\\u' HEX HEX HEX HEX ) | ( '\\U' HEX HEX HEX HEX HEX HEX HEX HEX )),
+        %{(
+         (terminal UCHAR
+          (alt (seq '\\\\u' HEX HEX HEX HEX) (seq '\\\\U' HEX HEX HEX HEX HEX HEX HEX HEX))) )}
+      ]
     }.each do |title, (input, expect)|
       it title do
         expect(parse(input).to_sxp).to produce(expect, logger)