Meaning
The repeat button displays as a curved arrow forming a clockwise circle, typically contained within a square or rounded rectangle. The arrow curves back on itself, visually suggesting continuity and endless cycling. It's a clean, intuitive symbol that immediately communicates the idea of looping or going back to the beginning.
Found in every music and video player, the repeat button cycles your current content or playlist endlessly. People hit it when they love a song so much they want to hear it again and again, or when they're binge-watching a series and want episodes to keep rolling. In conversation, it signals obsession or deep attachment—"I'm on repeat" with someone or something you can't stop thinking about.
Beyond literal playback, the repeat button has become slang for being stuck in a cycle, repetitive behavior, or returning to something familiar. Fans use it to show they're replaying a favorite artist's album obsessively, or it appears in fitness and habit-building contexts when discussing routines done repeatedly.
The clockwise arrow design is intentionally similar across all platforms for consistency and universal recognition. It pairs beautifully with music and love emojis to emphasize emotional attachment. Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 1.0 in 2015, the repeat button is one of the most instantly recognizable media control symbols, understood by anyone who's ever used a music app.
Common Uses
- • Showing you're obsessed with a song or artist
- • Indicating you'll keep watching or listening endlessly
- • Discussing repetitive routines, habits, or cycles
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
The repeat button design is so universally recognizable that music streaming apps use virtually identical versions—it's one of the few interface elements that has escaped redesign trends.
Keywords
Related Emoji
Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:repeat: :repeat: :repeat: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🔁 |
| HTML (hex) | 🔁 |
| CSS | \1F501 |
| JavaScript | \uD83D\uDD01 |
| Python | \U0001F501 |
| Java | \uD83D\uDD01 |
| Perl | \x{1F501} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F501} |
| Punycode | xn--2qyp |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%94%81 |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x94 0x81 |
🔁 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | পুনরায় করার বোতাম |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 重复按钮 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 重複播放 |
| Danish | gentageknap |
| Dutch | knop voor herhalen |
| English | repeat button |
| English (UK) | repeat button |
| Estonian | kordamisnupp |
| Finnish | toista uudelleen |
| French | bouton répétition |
| German | Wiederholen |
| Hindi | घड़ी की दिशा में तीर |
| Hungarian | ismétlés gomb |
| Italian | pulsante di ripetizione della riproduzione |
| Japanese | リピートボタン |
| Korean | 전곡 반복 재생 |
| Lithuanian | kartoti |
| Malay | butang ulang |
| Norwegian | gjenta-knapp |
| Polish | przycisk powtarzania |
| Portuguese | botão de repetir |
| Russian | повтор |
| Spanish | repetir |
| Spanish (Mexico) | repetir |
| Swedish | upprepning |
| Thai | เล่นซ้ำ |
| Ukrainian | кнопка повтору |
| Vietnamese | nút lặp lại |