U+0303 "̃" Combining Tilde Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0303 "̃" Combining Tilde is a diacritical mark that does not stand alone but is instead designed to be placed over a preceding base character, such as a letter, to modify its pronunciation or meaning. This combining tilde is commonly used in orthographies for languages like Spanish to form the letter "ñ", as well as in phonetic transcription systems to indicate nasalization or other tonal variations. As part of the Unicode standard, it allows for flexible and precise encoding of text by joining with a base character, ensuring that the tilde appears correctly positioned in digital typography without requiring a precomposed glyph.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0303 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Combining Tilde |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Non-Spacing Tilde |
| Block | Combining Diacritical Marks |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ̃ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ̃ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xCC 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0303 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000303 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0303 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Maybe |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Maybe |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Joining Type | Transparent |
| Line Break | Combining Mark |
| East Asian Width | Ambiguous |
| Case Ignorable | Yes |
| Script | Inherited |
| Script Extensions | Glagolitic Latin Sunuwar Syriac Thai |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Indic Conjunct Break | Extend |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Diacritic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Extend | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Extend |
| Word Break | Extend |
| Sentence Break | Extend |