〜

See also: ⁓ and ~
〜 U+301C, 〜
WAVE DASH
← 〛
[U+301B] 		CJK Symbols and Punctuation 〝 →
[U+301D]

Translingual
Correct JIS wave dash.
Incorrect Unicode wave dash (1990–2014).

Particle

〜

  1. The wave dash, used in some East Asian languages to indicate the starting point of a range.

Usage notes
When the Unicode Consortium included the wave dash of the JIS X 0208 specification, they made an error in the shape definition. The correct shape as defined in JIS X 0208 is up-down-up just like a tilde while the Unicode Consortium defined it as down-up-down. Unix operating systems show the correct shape as in JIS. Microsoft Windows showed the incorrect shape as in Unicode, and used the fullwidth tilde ～ for the wave dash because of the shape error. This disagreement may cause a data loss in Unicode texts between Unix and Windows. Unicode corrected the error in 2014.[1][2]

References
  1. Hiroyuki Komatsu, Proposal for the modification of the sample character layout of WAVE_DASH (U+301C), 2014
  2. Recommendations from WG 2 meeting 63, 2014:
    WG2 accepts the following additional changes in Amendment 2: […] h. Reverse the shape of current glyph for 301C WAVE DASH as requested in document N4606

Chinese

Alternative forms
  • ～ (the fullwidth tilde)

Particle

〜

  1. Indicates the starting point of a range; from.

Japanese

Alternative forms
  • ～ (the fullwidth tilde)

Punctuation mark

〜

  1. Indicates the starting point of a range; from.
    月 (げつ)〜金 (きん)曜 (よう)日 (び)
    getsu~kin'yōbi
    from Monday to Friday

Syllable

〜

  1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of ー (“long vowel mark”)

Korean

Alternative forms
  • ~ (the halfwidth tilde)
  • ～ (the fullwidth tilde)

Particle

〜

  1. Indicates the starting point of a range; from.

Usage notes

In Korean, it is very common to use the ordinary tilde (~) instead of this character.

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