diff --git a/doc/dox/todo.dox b/doc/dox/todo.dox
index b8b46b0d44..6c0d7dfaa1 100644
--- a/doc/dox/todo.dox
+++ b/doc/dox/todo.dox
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ This page lists several todos and wishes for future version of JKQTPlotter
     <li></li>
   </ul></li>
   <li>JKQTMathText:<ul>
-    <li>add instruction for unicode-characters \\charDDDD,  \\char"XXXX ...</li>
     <li>check sub/superscript with italic text in math mode, possibly a correction is necessary</li>
     <li>explore where QFontMetricsF::horizontalAdvance() can be used (for Qt >=5.15)</li>
     <li>add support for \\bigl,\\bigr,\\Bigr,... commands for fixed-size but large paramtheses</li>
diff --git a/doc/dox/whatsnew.dox b/doc/dox/whatsnew.dox
index a28ebda9a4..68b19c3566 100644
--- a/doc/dox/whatsnew.dox
+++ b/doc/dox/whatsnew.dox
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ Changes, compared to  \ref page_whatsnew_V4_0_0 "v4.0.0" include:
     <li>NEW: added support for flushleft/flushright/center-environments with linebreaks</li>
     <li>NEW: added support for framed/shaded/snugshade-environments with linebreaks and framed</li>
     <li>NEW: added support for -- and --- for en- and em-dashes</li>
+    <li>NEW: added support for \c \\char"HEX , \c \\char'OCTAL and \c \\charDECIMAL for inserting any uicode character code</li>
   </ul></li>
 </ul>
 
diff --git a/doc/images/jkqtmathtext/jkqtmathtext_char.png b/doc/images/jkqtmathtext/jkqtmathtext_char.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1fc08924d
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diff --git a/examples/jkqtmathtext_test/testform.cpp b/examples/jkqtmathtext_test/testform.cpp
index 0fcb5f4089..3cd5dc6838 100644
--- a/examples/jkqtmathtext_test/testform.cpp
+++ b/examples/jkqtmathtext_test/testform.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ TestForm::TestForm(QWidget *parent) :
     ui->cmbTestset->addItem("text (bold)", "text \\mathbf{bold}");
     ui->cmbTestset->addItem("textcolor", "text \\mathbf{bold}\\textcolor{red}{RED}");
     ui->cmbTestset->addItem("userfont", "text, \\userfont{Arial}{Arial}, \\userfont{Comic Sans MS}{Comic Sans MS}");
+    ui->cmbTestset->addItem("text: \\char", "A: \\char65, circonflex: \\char\"109 accent: \\char\'351");
+    ui->cmbTestset->addItem("math: \\char", "A: $\\char65$, circonflex: $\\char\"109$ accent: $\\char\'351");
     ui->cmbTestset->addItem("unicode", "star: \\unicode{2605}, circonflex: \\unicode{109} emoticons: \\usym{1F440} \\usym{1F929}");
     ui->cmbTestset->addItem("UTF8", "star: \\utfeight{e29885} emoticons \\utfeight{F09F9881} \\utfeight{f09f98bb}");
     const auto mathDecoExample=[](const QString& deco)->QString { return "\\"+deco+"{x}\\"+deco+"{i}\\"+deco+"{X}\\"+deco+"{\\psi}\\"+deco+"{abc}"; };
diff --git a/lib/jkqtcommon/private/jkqtcommon_precomp.h b/lib/jkqtcommon/private/jkqtcommon_precomp.h
index cb977877e6..06ccba6f6a 100644
--- a/lib/jkqtcommon/private/jkqtcommon_precomp.h
+++ b/lib/jkqtcommon/private/jkqtcommon_precomp.h
@@ -70,8 +70,16 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
+#if (QT_VERSION>=QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0))
+#include<QRegularExpression>
+#include<QRegularExpressionMatch>
+#else
+#include<QRegExp>
+#endif
+
 #include "jkqtcommon/jkqtpmathtools.h"
 #include "jkqtcommon/jkqtpcodestructuring.h"
 #include "jkqtcommon/jkqtpdebuggingtools.h"
+#include "jkqtcommon/jkqtpstringtools.h"
 
 #endif // jkqtcommon_precomp_h
diff --git a/lib/jkqtmathtext/jkqtmathtext.cpp b/lib/jkqtmathtext/jkqtmathtext.cpp
index dfa9541e12..43c62d4b0b 100644
--- a/lib/jkqtmathtext/jkqtmathtext.cpp
+++ b/lib/jkqtmathtext/jkqtmathtext.cpp
@@ -1301,7 +1301,8 @@ JKQTMathText::tokenType JKQTMathText::getToken() {
     if (c=='\\') {
         //----------------------------------------------------------
         // parsing accent instructions like \ss \"{a} ...
-        if (!parsingMathEnvironment){
+        const QString next5=parseString.mid(currentTokenID, 5);
+        if (!parsingMathEnvironment && next5!="\\char"){
             for (int len: accentLetters_LenBackslash) {
                 const QString acc=parseString.mid(currentTokenID, len);
                 if (acc.size()==len && accentLetters.contains(acc)) {
@@ -1343,6 +1344,47 @@ JKQTMathText::tokenType JKQTMathText::getToken() {
         if (currentTokenName.size()==0) error_list.append(tr("error @ ch. %1: parser encountered empty istruction").arg(currentTokenID));
         if (currentTokenName=="newline") return MTTinstructionNewline;
         if (currentTokenName=="linebreak") return MTTinstructionNewline;
+        if (currentTokenName=="char") {
+            QString num="";
+            currentTokenID++;
+            c=parseString[currentTokenID];
+            if (c=='"') {
+                // match '\char"HEXDIGITS'
+                currentTokenID++;
+                c=parseString[currentTokenID];
+                while ((currentTokenID<parseString.size()) && (c.isDigit() || QString("aAbBcCdDeEfF").contains(c))) {
+                    num+=c;
+                    currentTokenID++;
+                    c=parseString[currentTokenID];
+                }
+                if (currentTokenID<parseString.size()) currentTokenID--;
+                currentTokenName=QString::fromStdString(jkqtp_UnicodeToUTF8(num.toLongLong(nullptr, 16)));
+                return currentToken=MTTtext;
+            } else if (c=='`' || c=='\'') {
+                // match '\char"OCTALDIGITS'
+                currentTokenID++;
+                c=parseString[currentTokenID];
+                while ((currentTokenID<parseString.size()) && (QString("01234567").contains(c))) {
+                    num+=c;
+                    currentTokenID++;
+                    c=parseString[currentTokenID];
+                }
+                if (currentTokenID<parseString.size()) currentTokenID--;
+                currentTokenName=QString::fromStdString(jkqtp_UnicodeToUTF8(num.toLongLong(nullptr, 8)));
+                return currentToken=MTTtext;
+            } else if (c.isDigit()) {
+                // match '\charDECIMALDIGITS'
+                while ((currentTokenID<parseString.size()) && (c.isDigit())) {
+                    num+=c;
+                    currentTokenID++;
+                    c=parseString[currentTokenID];
+                }
+                if (currentTokenID<parseString.size()) currentTokenID--;
+                currentTokenName=QString::fromStdString(jkqtp_UnicodeToUTF8(num.toLongLong(nullptr, 10)));
+                return currentToken=MTTtext;
+            }
+
+        }
         return currentToken=MTTinstruction;
     //----------------------------------------------------------
     // check for $ character
diff --git a/lib/jkqtmathtext/jkqtmathtext.h b/lib/jkqtmathtext/jkqtmathtext.h
index 50c670ccaa..b6038f9d51 100644
--- a/lib/jkqtmathtext/jkqtmathtext.h
+++ b/lib/jkqtmathtext/jkqtmathtext.h
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ class JKQTMathTextNode; // forward
       - \c \\fcolorbox{bordercolor}{backgroundcolor}{...} : draw a colored, filled box \image html jkqtmathtext/jkqtmathtext_fcolorbox.png
       - \c \\colorbox{color}{...} : draw a colored box around text \image html jkqtmathtext/jkqtmathtext_colorbox.png
       - \c \\alpha ... : display the according greek letter \image html jkqtmathtext/jkqtmathtext_greek.png
+      - \c \\charDECIMAL and \c \\char"HEX and \c \\char'OCTAL : draws a unicode character from its 32-bit codepoint \image html jkqtmathtext/jkqtmathtext_char.png (generated by <code>A: \\char65, circonflex: \\char\"109 accent: \\char\'351</code>)
       - \c \\unicode{HEX} and \c \\usym{HEX} : draws a unicode character from its 32-bit codepoint \image html jkqtmathtext/jkqtmathtext_unicode.png (generated by <code>star: \\unicode{2605}, circonflex: \\unicode{109} emoticons: \\usym{1F440} \\usym{1F929}</code>)
       - \c \\utfeight{HEX} : draws a unicode character from its UTF-8 encoding \image html jkqtmathtext/jkqtmathtext_utf8.png (generated by <code>star: \\utfeight{e29885} emoticons \\utfeight{F09F9881} \\utfeight{f09f98bb}</code>)
       - \c ^{...} \c _{...} : display the contents of braces in superscript/subscript \image html jkqtmathtext/jkqtmathtext_supersub.png