diff --git a/contrib/generate_precompile.jl b/contrib/generate_precompile.jl
index c1f5b16363f2a..0b60d3a2a71f6 100644
--- a/contrib/generate_precompile.jl
+++ b/contrib/generate_precompile.jl
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ function generate_precompile_statements()
         include_time = @elapsed for statement in sort(collect(statements))
             # println(statement)
             # Work around #28808
-            occursin("Char(0x", statement) && continue
             statement == "precompile(Tuple{typeof(Base.show), Base.IOContext{Base.TTY}, Type{Vararg{Any, N} where N}})" && continue
             try
                 Base.include_string(PrecompileStagingArea, statement)
diff --git a/src/rtutils.c b/src/rtutils.c
index 184356ad7cfa7..ff116d3463add 100644
--- a/src/rtutils.c
+++ b/src/rtutils.c
@@ -978,22 +978,33 @@ static size_t jl_static_show_x_(JL_STREAM *out, jl_value_t *v, jl_datatype_t *vt
     else if (jl_datatype_type && jl_is_datatype(vt)) {
         int istuple = jl_is_tuple_type(vt), isnamedtuple = jl_is_namedtuple_type(vt);
         size_t tlen = jl_datatype_nfields(vt);
-        if (isnamedtuple) {
-            if (tlen == 0)
-                n += jl_printf(out, "NamedTuple");
-        }
-        else if (!istuple) {
-            n += jl_static_show_x(out, (jl_value_t*)vt, depth);
-        }
-        n += jl_printf(out, "(");
         size_t nb = jl_datatype_size(vt);
         if (nb > 0 && tlen == 0) {
             uint8_t *data = (uint8_t*)v;
-            n += jl_printf(out, "0x");
-            for(int i = nb - 1; i >= 0; --i)
-                n += jl_printf(out, "%02" PRIx8, data[i]);
-        }
-        else {
+            n += jl_printf(out, "reinterpret(");
+            n += jl_static_show_x(out, (jl_value_t*)vt, depth);
+            n += jl_printf(out, ", 0x");
+            uint32_t a = 0x01020304;
+            uint8_t *endian_bom = (uint8_t*) &a;
+            if (*endian_bom == 0x01) { // big endian
+                for(int i = 0; i < nb; ++i)
+                    n += jl_printf(out, "%02" PRIx8, data[i]);
+            } else if (*endian_bom == 0x04) { // little endian
+                for(int i = nb - 1; i >= 0; --i)
+                    n += jl_printf(out, "%02" PRIx8, data[i]);
+            } else {
+                assert(0); // unsupported endianness
+            }
+            n += jl_printf(out, ")");
+        } else {
+            if (isnamedtuple) {
+                if (tlen == 0)
+                    n += jl_printf(out, "NamedTuple");
+            }
+            else if (!istuple) {
+                n += jl_static_show_x(out, (jl_value_t*)vt, depth);
+            }
+            n += jl_printf(out, "(");
             size_t i = 0;
             if (vt == jl_typemap_entry_type)
                 i = 1;
@@ -1024,8 +1035,8 @@ static size_t jl_static_show_x_(JL_STREAM *out, jl_value_t *v, jl_datatype_t *vt
                 n += jl_printf(out, ", next=↩︎\n  ");
                 n += jl_static_show_x(out, jl_fieldref_noalloc(v, 0), depth);
             }
+            n += jl_printf(out, ")");
         }
-        n += jl_printf(out, ")");
     }
     else {
         n += jl_printf(out, "<?#%p::", (void*)v);