Unicode Character "~" U+FF5E Fullwidth Tilde
Unicode Version 15.1
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Summary
The unicode character "~" at code point U+FF5E is Fullwidth Tilde. It is a character in the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block and is part of the Common script. The character is a math symbol. The UTF-8 encoding of "~" is 0xEF 0xBD 0x9E and the UTF-16 encoding is 0xFF5E.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FF5E |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Fullwidth Tilde |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Fullwidth Spacing Tilde |
| Block | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms |
| General Category | Math Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Wide |
| Decomposition Mapping | "~" U+007E Tilde |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ~ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ~ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xBD 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFF5E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FF5E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uff5e |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Ideographic |
| East Asian Width | Fullwidth |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "~" U+007E Tilde |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "~" U+007E Tilde |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Math | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Transformed Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |