diff --git a/src/org/jetbrains/java/decompiler/modules/decompiler/exps/ConstExprent.java b/src/org/jetbrains/java/decompiler/modules/decompiler/exps/ConstExprent.java
index 0f0e141..612fd37 100644
--- a/src/org/jetbrains/java/decompiler/modules/decompiler/exps/ConstExprent.java
+++ b/src/org/jetbrains/java/decompiler/modules/decompiler/exps/ConstExprent.java
@@ -371,7 +371,8 @@ public class ConstExprent extends Exprent {
     // BYTECHAR and SHORTCHAR => CHAR in the CHAR context
     if (expectedType.equals(VarType.VARTYPE_CHAR) &&
             (constType.equals(VarType.VARTYPE_BYTECHAR) || constType.equals(VarType.VARTYPE_SHORTCHAR))) {
-      if (isPrintableAscii(getIntValue())) {
+      int intValue = getIntValue();
+      if (isPrintableAscii(intValue) || CHAR_ESCAPES.containsKey(intValue)) {
         setConstType(VarType.VARTYPE_CHAR);
       }
     }
diff --git a/testData/classes/pkg/TestPrimitives.class b/testData/classes/pkg/TestPrimitives.class
index 8ed2ef7..be15ee5 100644
Binary files a/testData/classes/pkg/TestPrimitives.class and b/testData/classes/pkg/TestPrimitives.class differ
diff --git a/testData/results/TestPrimitives.dec b/testData/results/TestPrimitives.dec
index d6fcbc4..eae376a 100644
--- a/testData/results/TestPrimitives.dec
+++ b/testData/results/TestPrimitives.dec
@@ -74,11 +74,17 @@ public class TestPrimitives {
       boolean res = c > -1;// 77
       res = c > 0;// 78
       res = c > 1;// 79
-      res = c > 'a';// 80
-      res = c > 'Z';// 81
-      res = c > 127;// 82
-      res = c > 255;// 83
-      return res;// 84
+      res = c > '\b';// 80
+      res = c > '\t';// 81
+      res = c > '\n';// 82
+      res = c > '\f';// 83
+      res = c > '\r';// 84
+      res = c > ' ';// 85
+      res = c > 'a';// 86
+      res = c > 'Z';// 87
+      res = c > 127;// 88
+      res = c > 255;// 89
+      return res;// 90
    }
 }
 
@@ -241,9 +247,27 @@ class 'pkg/TestPrimitives' {
       3b      78
       43      78
       45      79
-      48      79
-      50      79
-      52      80
+      47      79
+      4f      79
+      51      80
+      53      80
+      5b      80
+      5d      81
+      5f      81
+      67      81
+      69      82
+      6b      82
+      73      82
+      75      83
+      77      83
+      7f      83
+      81      84
+      83      84
+      8b      84
+      8d      85
+      90      85
+      98      85
+      9a      86
    }
 }
 
@@ -291,3 +315,9 @@ Lines mapping:
 82 <-> 79
 83 <-> 80
 84 <-> 81
+85 <-> 82
+86 <-> 83
+87 <-> 84
+88 <-> 85
+89 <-> 86
+90 <-> 87
diff --git a/testData/src/pkg/TestPrimitives.java b/testData/src/pkg/TestPrimitives.java
index b4aa878..39041ef 100644
--- a/testData/src/pkg/TestPrimitives.java
+++ b/testData/src/pkg/TestPrimitives.java
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ public class TestPrimitives {
     boolean res = (c > -1);
     res = (c > 0);
     res = (c > 1);
+    res = (c > '\b');
+    res = (c > '\t');
+    res = (c > '\n');
+    res = (c > '\f');
+    res = (c > '\r');
+    res = (c > ' ');
     res = (c > 'a');
     res = (c > 'Z');
     res = (c > 127);