➿

Double Curly Loop Emoji ➿

Two loops of reel-to-reel tape, the image phones settled on for voicemail long after cassette decks vanished from real answering machines. A close cousin is the logo for Free Dial, NTT's toll-free service in Japan since 1985, its loop built around "12" for the 0120 numbers it uses. Otherwise it's just a tangled cousin of ➰ curly loop's single pass.

What ➿ means

A curled line, similar to the ➰ Curly Loop, but double the curl. The ➿ Double Curl Loop refers to anything that's doubly curled/looped; a telephone wire, a coiled wire, coiled hair, etc. This emoji also acts as a symbol for 'voicemail'.

How and when to use it

Philosophically, the single curly loop may suggest a point of intersection between a 'high' and a 'low; some kind of oneness amongst the two. Similarly, ➿ would signify double the oneness, or a sense of continuity between these intersections.
Some examples for the previous point - "Nothing is permanent; both the good and the bad. It's a journey of both ➿" or "This is just one, buddy. You'll encounter so many highs and lows, it's not even funny ➿".
If you're referring to something that's coiled or coily, you could put ➿ to use. For example, "Check out my coils after using that amazing hair serum! ➿" or "Is your hair coily or kinky? ➿".
➿ placed repeatedly forms a series of loops or curls. Like, "What if, all of which is a loop, is actually a part of an entire series of the same? ➿" or "Sheesh. That project was a tragic series of only loopholes ➿".

Other Names

➿ Double Curls
➿ Two Loops
➿ Series of Loops/Curls
➿ Double Curling Loop
➿ Voicemail
➿ Double Loopholes
➿ Double Curling Loop
➿ A Pair of Curls

The lowdown

Category: Symbols › other-symbol
Codepoints: U+27BF
Emoji version: Emoji 1.0
Shortcodes: :loop:
Keywords: curl, curly, double, loop

How it looks across platforms

Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.