Unicode Character "˜" (U+02DC)

The character ˜ (SMALL TILDE) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+02DC. It is encoded in the Spacing Modifier Letters 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 SMALL TILDE
Unicode Codepoint U+02DC
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Spacing Modifier Letters
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Modifier Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered
Decomposition mapping

U+02DC Conversion

HTML (decimal) ˜
HTML (hex) ˜
HTML (named) ˜
URL Escape Code %CB%9C
CSS \02DC
JavaScript \u{02DC}
JSON \u02DC
C, C++ \U000002DC
Java \u02DC
Python \U000002DC
Rust \u{02DC}
Ruby \u{02DC}

How to type "˜"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 2 D C. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 2 D C. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xCB 0x9C
UTF-16 (hex) 0x02DC
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000002DC

References