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See also: ⁓ and ~

〜	U+301C, 〜 WAVE DASH

← 〛
[U+301B]

CJK Symbols and Punctuation

〝 →
[U+301D]

Translingual Edit

Correct JIS wave dash.

Incorrect Unicode wave dash (1990–2014).

Particle Edit

〜

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

Usage notes Edit

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 Edit

^ Hiroyuki Komatsu, Proposal for the modification of the sample character layout of WAVE_DASH (U+301C), 2014
^ 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 Edit

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Alternative forms Edit

～ (the fullwidth tilde)

Particle Edit

〜

Indicates the starting point of a range; from.

Japanese Edit

Alternative forms Edit

～ (the fullwidth tilde)

Pronunciation Edit

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Punctuation mark Edit

〜

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
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 Edit

〜

(nonstandard) Alternative form of ー (“long vowel mark”)
- caption often found on drink vending machines
  あったか〜い
  attaka~i
  warm!

[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

[1]

[2]