Similar Characters
There are a number of Unicode characters similar to the tilde.
| Character | Code point | Name | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~ | U+007E | TILDE | Same as keyboard tilde. In-line. |
| ˜ | U+02DC | SMALL TILDE | Raised but quite small. |
| ◌̃ | U+0303 | COMBINING TILDE | |
| ͊ | U+034A | COMBINING NOT TILDE ABOVE | Raised, small, with slash through. |
| ◌̰ | U+0330 | COMBINING TILDE BELOW | Used in IPA to indicate creaky voice |
| ◌̴ | U+0334 | COMBINING TILDE OVERLAY | Used in IPA to indicate velarization or pharyngealization |
| ס֘ | U+0598 | HEBREW ACCENT ZARQA | Hebrew cantillation mark |
| ס֮ | U+05AE | HEBREW ACCENT ZINOR | Hebrew cantillation mark |
| ◌᷉ | U+1DC9 | COMBINING ACUTE-GRAVE-ACUTE | Used in IPA as a tone mark |
| ⁓ | U+2053 | SWUNG DASH | |
| ∼ | U+223C | TILDE OPERATOR | Used in mathematics. In-line. Ends not curved as much. |
| ∽ | U+223D | REVERSED TILDE | |
| ∿ | U+223F | SINE WAVE | |
| ≈ | U+2248 | ALMOST EQUAL TO | |
| 〜 | U+301C | WAVE DASH | Used in Japanese punctuation |
| 〰 | U+3030 | WAVY DASH | |
| ﹋ | U+FE4B | WAVY OVERLINE | |
| ﹏ | U+FE4F | WAVY LOW LINE | |
| ～ | U+FF5E | FULLWIDTH TILDE | 50% wider. In-line. Ends not curved much. |
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