diff --git a/mode/elisp.py b/mode/elisp.py
index f0b2c49..74231c5 100644
--- a/mode/elisp.py
+++ b/mode/elisp.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class ELispGrammar(Grammar):
         PatternRule('elisp_symbol', "'" + symb),
         PatternRule('delimiter', r"'"),
         PatternRule('elisp_type', ":" + symb),
+        PatternRule('char', r'\?(?:[^\\]|\\.)'),
         PatternRule('attribute', "&" + symb),
         PatternRule("integer", r"(?<![\.0-9a-zA-Z_])(?:0|-?[1-9][0-9]*|0[0-7]+|0[xX][0-9a-fA-F]+)[lL]?(?![\.0-9a-zA-Z_])"),
         PatternRule("float", r"(?<![\.0-9a-zA-Z_])(?:[0-9]+\.[0-9]*|\.[0-9]+|(?:[0-9]|[0-9]+\.[0-9]*|\.[0-9]+)[eE][\+-]?[0-9]+)(?![\.0-9a-zA-Z_])"),