Unicode Character "～" (U+FF5E)

The character ～ (FULLWIDTH TILDE) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+FF5E. It is encoded in the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms 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 FULLWIDTH TILDE
Unicode Codepoint U+FF5E
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
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
Decomposition mapping

U+FF5E Conversion

HTML (decimal) ～
HTML (hex) ～
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %EF%BD%9E
CSS \FF5E
JavaScript \u{FF5E}
JSON \uFF5E
C, C++ \U0000FF5E
Java \uFF5E
Python \U0000FF5E
Rust \u{FF5E}
Ruby \u{FF5E}

How to type "～"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type F F 5 E. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type F F 5 E. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xEF 0xBD 0x9E
UTF-16 (hex) 0xFF5E
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000FF5E

References