| Character | 〜 |
| Name | Wave Dash |
| Unicode Code Point | U+301C |
| Decimal Value | 12316 |
| Hex Value | 0x301C |
| Category | CJK Punctuation |
| Windows Alt Code | Not available — use copy/paste |
| Word Alt+X Code | 301C + Alt+X |
| Mac Shortcut | Not available — use copy/paste |
| HTML Entity | 〜 |
| HTML Code (Dec / Hex) | 〜 / 〜 |
| CSS Content Code | content: "\301C"; |
| JavaScript Unicode Escape | "\u{301C}" |
Wave Dash is a punctuation mark used in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean text, following typographic conventions distinct from Western punctuation — often full-width in character spacing to match CJK ideographs.
Unicode block: CJK Symbols and Punctuation (U+3000–U+303F). This block provides punctuation marks specific to Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) typography, which historically developed distinct conventions from Western punctuation for spacing, quotation, and emphasis.
At Unicode code point U+301C (decimal 12316), Wave Dash is the 29th of 64 characters cataloged in this category on How To Type Any Symbol. In terms of typing methods, like most characters outside the 0–255 legacy codepage range, it has no dedicated Alt-code or single-key shortcut on Windows or Mac, so copy-paste is the standard, universal method for typing it. Regardless of platform, clicking the copy button above places the exact character on your clipboard, ready to paste into any application that accepts Unicode text.
💡 Good to know: Font rendering for this character is reliable in fonts with CJK support but can appear as a placeholder box in fonts that only cover Latin scripts.
No alt code available — click the copy button above and paste with Ctrl+V.
No dedicated shortcut — click the copy button above and paste with Cmd+V.
Click the symbol above to copy it, then paste anywhere — works on every device and OS.
Use the entity 〜 in your HTML.