U+267A "♺" Recycling Symbol for Generic Materials Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
♺
U+267A "♺" Recycling Symbol for Generic Materials is part of the Miscellaneous Symbols block and was added in Unicode version 3.0, designed to represent the universal recycling process for non-specific materials. Unlike the more common three-arrow recycling logo (U+2672), this symbol features a solid triangular loop with a clockwise directional arrow, often used to indicate that an item can be recycled without specifying a particular material type. Its generic nature makes it suitable for labels on products, packaging, or public signage where the emphasis is on the action of recycling rather than the material composition, promoting environmental awareness and waste reduction.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+267A |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Recycling Symbol for Generic Materials |
| 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 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x267A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000267A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u267a |
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 |