Wave Dash Symbol

A symbol from the Line Symbols collection. Click the symbol or the button below to copy.

Line Symbols collection

Symbol: 〜
Unicode: U+301C
HTML entity: 〜
Category: Line Symbols

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About the wave dash symbol

Read as "nami-dasshu" in Japanese or simply "wave dash" in English, this character appears in East Asian text as a punctuation mark. It functions as a lengthened vowel marker in informal Japanese writing, such as elongating sounds like "hai" into "ha〜i" to indicate a drawn-out pronunciation. In Chinese and Japanese contexts, it also serves as a range indicator between numbers or dates, similar to how a tilde or en dash is used in Western typography.

How to type Wave Dash

Native keyboard shortcuts for each operating system — derived from the codepoint, so the steps below are always accurate.

Windows

2 options

In Word / Outlook: type 301C then press Alt + X.
Anywhere: press Win + . to open the emoji & symbol picker, then search.

macOS

2 options

Enable “Unicode Hex Input” in System Settings → Keyboard, then hold Option and type 301C.
Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.