Unicode Character "♸" (U+2678)

The character ♸ (Recycling Symbol For Type-6 Plastics) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2678. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 3.2 (March, 2002). It is HTML encoded as ♸.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Recycling Symbol For Type-6 Plastics
Unicode Codepoint U+2678
Unicode Version 3.2 (March, 2002)
Block Miscellaneous Symbols
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+2678 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ♸
HTML (hex) ♸
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%99%B8
CSS \002678
JavaScript, JSON \u2678
C, C++, Java \u2678
Python \u2678
Rust \u{2678}
Ruby \u2678

How to type "♸"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 6 7 8. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 6 7 8. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ♸
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ♸
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ♸
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x99 0xB8
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2678
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002678

References