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Wave dash () is a character represented in Japanese character encoding, usually used to represent a range. The wave dash is similar to, but not the same as, the 
) is not currently included in Unicode, but there is a similar symbol available called the wavy line (). It is created by rotating right (clockwise) the wavy dash symbol () to form a vertical wave-like pattern.
Wave dash is also written in vertical text layout. Vertical wave dash is the vertical form by rotation and flip in Unicode and JIS C 6226.
tilde
The tilde () or , is a grapheme with several uses. The name of the character came into English from Spanish, which in turn came from the Latin '' titulus'', meaning "title" or "superscription". Its primary use is as a diacritic (accent) i ...
character (), which is often used interchangeably with it.
The vertical wave dash () is not currently included in Unicode, but there is a similar symbol available called the wavy line (). It is created by rotating right (clockwise) the wavy dash symbol () to form a vertical wave-like pattern.
Wave dash is also written in vertical text layout. Vertical wave dash is the vertical form by rotation and flip in Unicode and JIS C 6226.
See also
* Dash#Swung dash * Tilde#Unicode and Shift JIS encoding of wave dash * Japanese punctuation#Wave dashCode reference
References
Encodings of Japanese Typographical symbols Punctuation {{typography-stub