As character names:

U+223C TILDE OPERATOR character (∼)

As raw characters:

∼

As a string of HTML entities:

∼

Decoder output:

Byte number 1 is decimal 226, hex 0xE2, octal \342, binary 11100010
This is the first byte of a 3 byte sequence.

Byte number 2 is decimal 136, hex 0x88, octal \210, binary 10001000
This is continuation byte 1, expecting 1 more.

Byte number 3 is decimal 188, hex 0xBC, octal \274, binary 10111100
This is continuation byte 2, expecting 0 more.

U+223C	TILDE OPERATOR
	= varies with (proportional to)
	= difference between
	= similar to
	= not
	= cycle
	= APL tilde
	x (tilde - 007E)
	x (not sign - 00AC)
	x (small tilde - 02DC)