Unicode Character "∼" (U+223C)

The character ∼ (Tilde Operator) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+223C. It is encoded in the Mathematical Operators block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ∼. Its mirrored character is ∽ (U+223D).

Main Unicode Properties

Name Tilde Operator
Unicode Codepoint U+223C
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Mathematical Operators
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? Yes
Mirrored character ∽ (U+223D)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+223C Conversion

HTML (decimal) ∼
HTML (hex) ∼
HTML (named) ∼
URL Escape Code %E2%88%BC
CSS \00223C
JavaScript, JSON \u223C
C, C++, Java \u223C
Python \u223C
Rust \u{223C}
Ruby \u223C

How to type "∼"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 2 3 C. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 2 3 C. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x88 0xBC
UTF-16 (hex) 0x223C
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000223C

Characters based on "∼" (U+223C)

References