WAVE DASH character

Name:

WAVE DASH

Hex Number:

U+301C

Decimal Number:

12316

HTML Entity (Dec):

〜

HTML Entity (Hex):

〜

Category:

Pd (Dash Punctuation)

Bidi Class:

ON (Other Neutrals)

Mirrored:

Combining Class:

Unicode Block:

CJK Symbols and Punctuation

Plane:

Plane Code:

BMP

Plane Description:

Basic Multilingual Plane

Plane Range:

0000-FFFF

Character Preview:

〜

WAVE DASH is a dash or hyphen punctuation mark from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of WAVE DASH is Other Neutrals (Neutral). It belongs to the neutrals. Whitespace and punctuation, which take on the directionality of the surrounding text..

The Other Neutral (ON) bidi class includes characters that do not have a strong directional preference and can appear in any text context without influencing the overall directionality. These characters include punctuation marks, symbols, and various other text elements that do not fit into more specific bidi classes.

Dash Punctuation (Pd) refers to characters that serve as dashes in text. Dashes are used to indicate ranges, interruptions, or separations in text. Examples include the hyphen (-), en dash (–), and em dash (—).

This character belongs to the CJK Symbols and Punctuation block. The CJK Symbols and Punctuation block contains a variety of punctuation marks and symbols used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems. These characters are essential for correctly formatting text in these languages, ensuring clarity and readability in written communication. The block includes symbols for punctuation, annotation, and other textual functions specific to East Asian scripts..

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