Unicode Character "~" (U+007E)

The character ~ (Tilde) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+007E. It is encoded in the Basic Latin block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ~.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Tilde
Unicode Codepoint U+007E
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Basic Latin
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Math Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+007E Conversion

HTML (decimal) ~
HTML (hex) ~
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %7E
CSS \00007E
JavaScript, JSON \u007E
C, C++, Java \u007E
Python \u007E
Rust \u{007E}
Ruby \u007E

How to type "~"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 0 7 E. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 0 7 E. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ~
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ~
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ~
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0x7E
UTF-16 (hex) 0x007E
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000007E

Characters based on "~" (U+007E)

References