🔀
shuffle tracks button
Unicode: 1F500
Description
A square button with two arrows forming a circle, indicating a 'loop' or 'repeat' function.
Group:
Symbols > av-symbol
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, functional. Represents repetition, looping, or a continuous cycle.
Backstory
This emoji was introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010). It is a common user interface icon representing the concept of repetition. Its design is based on standard graphical symbols for looping actions.
Usage Examples
- Setting a song to repeat: 'Put this track on loop 🖀'
- Indicating a circular process: 'The system runs in a continuous loop 🖀 until stopped.'
- Requesting an action to be repeated: 'Please repeat the last step 🖀.'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Universally understood as a 'repeat' or 'loop' function icon, common in audio/video players and software.
East Asian culture:
Same functional understanding, used in similar digital contexts for repetition or renewal.