Unicode Character "∼" U+223C Tilde Operator

Unicode Version 15.1

Summary

The unicode character "∼" at code point U+223C is Tilde Operator. It is a character in the Mathematical Operators block and is part of the Common script. The character is a math symbol. The UTF-8 encoding of "∼" is 0xE2 0x88 0xBC and the UTF-16 encoding is 0x223C.

General Properties

Code Point U+223C
Version Added 1.1
Name Tilde Operator
Block Mathematical Operators
General Category Math Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral
Mirrored Yes
Mirrored Character "∽" U+223D Reversed Tilde

Encodings

HTML Entity ∼
∼
∼
∼
HTML Decimal Encoding ∼
HTML Hex Encoding ∼
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0x88 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding 0x223C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000223C
C/C++/Java Escape \u223c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ambiguous (Alphabetic or Ideographic)
East Asian Width Ambiguous
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Pattern Syntax Yes
Math Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other