U+1F503 "🔃" Clockwise Downwards and Upwards Open Circle Arrows Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1F503 "🔃" Clockwise Downwards and Upwards Open Circle Arrows is commonly known as the "clockwise downwards and upwards open circle arrows" symbol and is widely interpreted as a refresh, reload, or synchronization icon in digital interfaces. Its design features two curved arrows forming a complete circle, one pointing downward and the other upward, suggesting a continuous loop or cycle of action. This character is used across various software applications, web browsers, and mobile operating systems to indicate processes like data renewal, page reloading, or status updates. It also appears in social media and messaging contexts to signify revisiting a conversation or resetting a view.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F503 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Clockwise Downwards and Upwards Open Circle Arrows |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 🔃 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 🔃 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0x94 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83D 0xDD03 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F503 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83d\udd03 |