U+2674 "♴" Recycling Symbol for Type-2 Plastics Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
♴
U+2674 "♴" Recycling Symbol for Type-2 Plastics is a pictographic icon representing high-density polyethylene, commonly abbreviated as HDPE, which is a durable and versatile plastic used in products like milk jugs, detergent bottles, and some plastic bags. This symbol is part of a broader set of resin identification codes designed to help consumers and recycling facilities sort plastics by their chemical composition, with Type-2 being widely accepted by curbside recycling programs. The character appears as a stylized chasing arrows triangle encasing the number "2" and is encoded in the Unicode standard to ensure consistent digital representation across different devices and platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2674 |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Recycling Symbol for Type-2 Plastics |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ♴ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ♴ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x99 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2674 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002674 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2674 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |