〜

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.

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

2. Indicates the subtitle of a book, manga, video game, etc.

   ペルソナ〜トリニティ・ソウル〜

   Perusona ~Toriniti Sōru~

   Persona: Trinity Soul

Syllable

〜

1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of ー (“long vowel mark”)
   • caption often found on drink vending machines

     あったか〜い

     attaka~i

     warm!