The double curly loop is that fancy, ribbon-y squiggle that screams “loooooop it again.” Visually, it’s two intertwined curls that look like a stylized piece of ribbon or thread doing a synchronized figure-eight. On Apple/iOS, it shows up as a thick, glossy blue flourish with a soft gradient, slightly tilted, and rounded ends—basically the calligraphy flourish your notes wish they had. No face, no drama, just elegant loops serving decorative realness.
People drop this emoji when they’re rewatching a scene on repeat, re-listening to a song, or circling back in a convo (“looping you in ➿”). It’s a go-to aesthetic divider in captions and bios, often paired with ✨ and 💫 for that cute, scrapbook vibe. In meme-speak, it can mean you’re stuck in a thought spiral, your brain’s buffering, or your day is a “same chaos, different hour” loop. Culturally, it vibes with typographic ornaments (Dingbats-style flourishes), so it also reads as a tiny piece of graphic design—part flourish, part mood, all loop energy.
Definition
Two Loops. Meaning "Free Dial". Occurs Widely in Print in Japan. Emoji old name: Free Dial.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
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Unicode Category
Dingbats
Unicode Range
2700–27BF
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Miscellaneous
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Curly Loop
Names & Annotations
DOUBLE CURLY LOOP Old name: EMOJI COMPATIBILITY SYMBOL-16 x (bamum letter phase-e nggurae - 16986) Temporary Notes: Original name: FREE DIAL. Two loops. Occurs widely in print in Japan. Originally proposed for U+23xx.
