diff --git a/mode/go.py b/mode/go.py
index 4bfee0d..8e3d9d2 100644
--- a/mode/go.py
+++ b/mode/go.py
@@ -16,21 +16,23 @@ chr1 = '[a-zA-Z_]'
 chr2 = '[a-zA-Z0-9_]'
 word = chr1 + chr2 + '*'
 
+escaped = [
+    PatternRule('escaped', r'\\[abfnrtv\\\'"]'),
+    PatternRule('octal', r'\\[0-7]{3}'),
+    PatternRule('hex', r'\\x[a-fA-F0-9]{2}'),
+    PatternRule('unicode', r'\\u[a-fA-F0-9]{4}'),
+    PatternRule('unicode', r'\\U[a-fA-F0-9]{8}'),
+    PatternRule('illegal', r'\\.*'),
+]
+
 class StringGrammar(Grammar):
-    rules = [
-        PatternRule('escaped', r'\\[abfnrtv\\\'"]'),
-        PatternRule('octal', r'\\[0-7]{3}'),
-        PatternRule('hex', r'\\x[a-fA-F0-9]{2}'),
-        PatternRule('unicode', r'\\u[a-fA-F0-9]{4}'),
-        PatternRule('unicode', r'\\U[a-fA-F0-9]{8}'),
-        PatternRule('illegal', r'\\.*'),
-        PatternRule('data', r'[^\\"]+'),
-    ]
+    rules = escaped + [PatternRule('data', r'[^\\"]+')]
+
+class CharGrammar(Grammar):
+    rules = escaped + [PatternRule('data', r"[^\\']+")]
 
 class RawStringGrammar(Grammar):
-    rules = [
-        PatternRule('data', '[^`]+'),
-    ]
+    rules = [PatternRule('data', '[^`]+')]
 
 class GoGrammar(Grammar):
     rules = [
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ class GoGrammar(Grammar):
 
         PatternRule('go.integer', r'(?:[1-9][0-9]*|0[0-9]*|0[xX][a-fA-F0-9]+)'),
 
-        RegionRule('go.char', "'", StringGrammar, "'"),
+        RegionRule('go.char', "'", CharGrammar, "'"),
         RegionRule('go.string', '"', StringGrammar, '"'),
         RegionRule('go.string', '`', RawStringGrammar, '`'),
     ]