Unicode escapes

When I get the input of unicode escapes,
I can work with them as a String, but as soon as I add \u0022 (that is a double quote) to the input,
then it won't take it anymore, and it says ";" expected.
Now I am wondering, what is the way around this problem?
Any advice please?
public class Unicode
     String uniSt =  "\u0074\u0065\u0073\u0074"; // can't add \u0022 to this string
     // As soon as I add this double quote \u0022, it won't work and would say  ";" expected";
     public Unicode()
          System.out.println(uniSt);
     public static void main (String[] args)
          new Unicode();
{code}                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

The unicode value is a double quote and acts as one. If the string has an ending double quote character also, that's an error.
Use this
String s = "\u0074\u0065\u0073\u0074\u0022;{code}                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

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