Clockwise circle arrow

Meaning and uses

A circular arrow turning clockwise. It means repeat, refresh or redo, and it marks a loop or a cycle.

Unicode details

↻ is the Unicode character named CLOCKWISE OPEN CIRCLE ARROW, code point U+21BB, in the Arrows block. It was added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, and Unicode classes it as a symbol (general category So).

It is not an emoji, so it keeps the colour and size of the text around it.

Tap a code to copy it:

How to type ↻

• On any device, tap the copy button above, then paste with a long press on a phone, Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac.
• In Microsoft Word on Windows, type 21BB and then press Alt+X to turn the code into ↻.
• On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “clockwise open circle arrow”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 21bb, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ↻. In a CSS content property, use "\21BB".