"～" U+FF5E Fullwidth Tilde

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Unicode Data

The Unicode character U+FF5E, displayed as ～ and named "Fullwidth Tilde" is located in the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block. This character was introduced in Unicode version 1.1 (1993). Find its HTML entities, UTF-8/UTF-16 encodings, hex values, and copy-paste details below.

Name:: Fullwidth Tilde
Category:: Math Symbol
Block:: Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
Script:: Common
Decomposition:: [wide] ~ (U+007E)
Bidirectional:: Other Neutrals
Mirrored:: No
Unicode Version:: Unicode 1.1

Character Encodings

HTML Entity - Decimal:: ～
HTML Entity - Hex:: ～
Unicode:: U+FF5E;
Decimal:: 65374
CSS:: \00FF5E
Javascript:: \uFF5E
Perl:: \x{FF5E}
Ruby:: \u{FF5E}
Python:: u'\uFF5E'
UTF-8 Encoding:: EFBD9E
UTF-16 Encoding:: FF5E
UTF-32 Encoding:: 0000FF5E

Other Characters Based on - ~ (U+007E)

Image	Browser	Unicode	Name
	～	U+FF5E	Fullwidth Tilde