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🔁 Repeat button
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🔁 Emoji meaning
Clockwise, routine, habit, cycle, and endless loop.
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🔁 Meaning
“I watched the replay” or “I listen to the new album on an infinite loop”! Clockwise circular arrows symbolize repetition. Metaphorical for the recurring cycles of life.
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Commonly confused with
Color Variant
Shuffle vs repeat; both circular arrows for playlist control; explicit meanings are often ignored.
Same Shape
Repeat vs repeat single; extra small ‘1’ is hard to see, both mean looping content.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Repeat button” was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015 and added to Emoji 1.0 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
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+ button
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- repeat button
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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+ repeat button
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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+ arrow + clockwise + repeat
In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
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- repeat
