diff --git a/tests/basics/unicode.py b/tests/basics/unicode.py
index a52cb79c3d..ee66679b8d 100644
--- a/tests/basics/unicode.py
+++ b/tests/basics/unicode.py
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# Test a UTF-8 encoded literal
 s = "asdf©qwer"
 for i in range(len(s)):
-    print("s[%d]: %s"%(i, s[i]))
+    print("s[%d]: %s   %X"%(i, s[i], ord(s[i])))
+# Test all three forms of Unicode escape, and
+# all blocks of UTF-8 byte patterns
+s = "a\xA9\xFF\u0123\u0800\uFFEE\U0001F44C"
+for i in range(len(s)):
+    print("s[%d]: %s   %X"%(i, s[i], ord(s[i])))