Unicode Character "˜" (U+0098)

The character ˜ (Start Of String) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+0098. It is encoded in the Latin-1 Supplement 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 Start Of String
Unicode Codepoint U+0098
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Latin-1 Supplement
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Boundary Neutral (BN)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Control
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+0098 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ˜
HTML (hex) ˜
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %C2%98
CSS \000098
JavaScript, JSON \u0098
C, C++, Java \u0098
Python \u0098
Rust \u{0098}
Ruby \u0098

How to type "˜"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 0 9 8. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 0 9 8. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xC2 0x98
UTF-16 (hex) 0x0098
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00000098

References