diff --git a/components/prism-julia.js b/components/prism-julia.js
index d8d950ffa4..9931b89b36 100644
--- a/components/prism-julia.js
+++ b/components/prism-julia.js
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ Prism.languages.julia = {
 	},
 	'char': {
 		// https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/strings/#man-characters-1
-		pattern: /(^|[^\w'])'(?:\\[^\r\n][^'\r\n]*|[^\\\r\n])'/,
-		lookbehind: true,
+		pattern: /'(?:[^\\'\r\n]|\\(?:[abdefnrstv\\'\"]|\d+|x[0-9a-fA-F]+|u[0-9a-fA-F]{4}|U[0-9a-fA-F]{8}))'/,
 		greedy: true
 	},
 	'keyword': /\b(?:abstract|baremodule|begin|bitstype|break|catch|ccall|const|continue|do|else|elseif|end|export|finally|for|function|global|if|immutable|import|importall|in|let|local|macro|module|print|println|quote|return|struct|try|type|typealias|using|while)\b/,
@@ -28,7 +27,10 @@ Prism.languages.julia = {
 	'number': /(?:\b(?=\d)|\B(?=\.))(?:0[box])?(?:[\da-f]+(?:_[\da-f]+)*(?:\.(?:\d+(?:_\d+)*)?)?|\.\d+(?:_\d+)*)(?:[efp][+-]?\d+(?:_\d+)*)?j?/i,
 	// https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/mathematical-operations/
 	// https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/mathematical-operations/#Operator-Precedence-and-Associativity-1
-	'operator': /&&|\|\||[-+*^%÷⊻&$\\]=?|\/[\/=]?|!=?=?|\|[=>]?|<(?:<=?|[=:|])?|>(?:=|>>?=?)?|==?=?|[~≠≤≥'√∛]/,
+	'operator': {
+		pattern: /(?:(?:[A-Za-z_\u00A1-\uFFFF][\w\u00A1-\uFFFF]*\s*)?(?:&&|\|\||[-+*^%÷⊻&$\\]=?|\/[\/=]?|!=?=?|\|[=>]?|<(?:<=?|[=:|])?|>(?:=|>>?=?)?|==?=?|[~≠≤≥√∛])|'(?![\w\u00A1-\uFFFF]))/,
+		lookbehind: true
+	},
 	'punctuation': /::?|[{}[\]();,.?]/,
 	// https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/base/numbers/#Base.im
 	'constant': /\b(?:(?:Inf|NaN)(?:16|32|64)?|im|pi)\b|[πℯ]/
diff --git a/tests/languages/julia/char_feature.test b/tests/languages/julia/char_feature.test
index 062087e4f3..62a5314f3d 100644
--- a/tests/languages/julia/char_feature.test
+++ b/tests/languages/julia/char_feature.test
@@ -16,16 +16,13 @@ A'b''
 	["char", "'\\''"],
 	["char", "'\\u2200'"],
 	["char", "'\\x80'"],
-	["char", "'\\xe2\\x88'"],
+	["operator", "'"],
+	["operator", "\\"],
+	["operator", "xe2\\"],
+	"x88",
+	["operator", "'"],
 	["char", "'∀'"],
 
 	["comment", "# not a character"],
-
-	"\r\nA",
-	["operator", "'"],
-	"b\r\nA",
-	["operator", "'"],
-	"b",
-	["operator", "'"],
-	["operator", "'"]
+	"\r\nA'b\r\nA", ["char", "'b'"], ["operator", "'"]
 ]
diff --git a/tests/languages/julia/operator_feature.test b/tests/languages/julia/operator_feature.test
index 70c611d98d..61678e13a7 100644
--- a/tests/languages/julia/operator_feature.test
+++ b/tests/languages/julia/operator_feature.test
@@ -23,31 +23,73 @@ A'b''
 ----------------------------------------------------
 
 [
-	["operator", "+"], ["operator", "+="],
-	["operator", "-"], ["operator", "-="],
-	["operator", "*"], ["operator", "*="],
-	["operator", "/"], ["operator", "/="], ["operator", "//"],
-	["operator", "\\"], ["operator", "\\="],
-	["operator", "^"], ["operator", "^="],
-	["operator", "%"], ["operator", "%="],
-	["operator", "÷"], ["operator", "÷="],
-	["operator", "!"], ["operator", "!="], ["operator", "!=="],
-	["operator", "&"], ["operator", "&="], ["operator", "&&"],
-	["operator", "⊻"], ["operator", "⊻="],
-	["operator", "|"], ["operator", "|="], ["operator", "||"],
-	["operator", "|>"], ["operator", "<|"],
-	["operator", "$"], ["operator", "$="],
-	["operator", "<"], ["operator", "<="], ["operator", "<:"], ["operator", "<<"], ["operator", "<<="],
-	["operator", ">"], ["operator", ">="], ["operator", ">>"], ["operator", ">>="], ["operator", ">>>"], ["operator", ">>>="],
-	["operator", "="], ["operator", "=="], ["operator", "==="],
-	["operator", "~"], ["operator", "≠"], ["operator", "≤"], ["operator", "≥"], ["operator", "√"], ["operator", "∛"],
-	"\r\n\r\nA",
-	["operator", "'"],
-	"b\r\nA",
-	["operator", "'"],
-	"b",
-	["operator", "'"],
-	["operator", "'"]
+	["operator", "+"],
+	["operator", "+="],
+
+	["operator", "-"],
+	["operator", "-="],
+
+	["operator", "*"],
+	["operator", "*="],
+
+	["operator", "/"],
+	["operator", "/="],
+	["operator", "//"],
+
+	["operator", "\\"],
+	["operator", "\\="],
+
+	["operator", "^"],
+	["operator", "^="],
+
+	["operator", "%"],
+	["operator", "%="],
+
+	["operator", "÷ ÷="],
+
+	["operator", "!"],
+	["operator", "!="],
+	["operator", "!=="],
+
+	["operator", "&"],
+	["operator", "&="],
+	["operator", "&&"],
+
+	["operator", "⊻ ⊻="],
+
+	["operator", "|"],
+	["operator", "|="],
+	["operator", "||"],
+
+	["operator", "|>"],
+	["operator", "<|"],
+
+	["operator", "$"],
+	["operator", "$="],
+
+	["operator", "<"],
+	["operator", "<="],
+	["operator", "<:"],
+	["operator", "<<"],
+	["operator", "<<="],
+
+	["operator", ">"],
+	["operator", ">="],
+	["operator", ">>"],
+	["operator", ">>="],
+	["operator", ">>>"],
+	["operator", ">>>="],
+
+	["operator", "="],
+	["operator", "=="],
+	["operator", "==="],
+
+	["operator", "~"],
+	["operator", "≠ ≤"],
+	["operator", "≥ √"],
+	["operator", "∛"],
+
+	"\r\n\r\nA'b\r\nA", ["char", "'b'"], ["operator", "'"]
 ]
 
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