For bow emoji copy and paste there is one candidate, 🎀, and Unicode calls it Ribbon. The other 92 entries are bows made from whatever was lying around: the number 21 in Odia digits, two phonetic letters, a database operator, a sign nobody can read.
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Emoji first, then text
Ribbon emoji copy and paste ends at the first group: ten emoji, 🎀 in front. Text bows answers bow symbol copy and paste with 17 characters and pairs, none an emoji, so each takes the colour of your text. Bow kaomoji come in two kinds: 14 wearing a bow and 8 taking one. The tone row changes Person bowing only, and Text style turns only Reminder ribbon and the two curly loops into plain characters.
Round a name or a word
Bow wrappers for a name holds 13 frames: paste one, then type over the word name. There is no bow font generator here: Unicode has no alphabet made of bows. What passes as bow font copy and paste is styled letters with a bow at each end, and Words in a bow font has eight.
Tips
Pink bow emoji copy and paste has one honest answer, 🩷🎀. The ribbon's colour belongs to the device's emoji font, so the heart states the colour instead. 🩵🎀 and 🖤🎀 cover blue and black.
For a quick bow emoji copy paste, give the search box one word: tie finds 17 entries, sorry 5, pink 3. The symbols copy and paste bow by bow.
For a kaomoji bow that means sorry, send m(_ _)m. ＿|￣|○ and orz are not bows: Wikipedia's list of emoticons files both under despair.
Questions and answers
Is 🎀 a bow or a ribbon?
Officially a ribbon: that is its Unicode name. CLDR, Unicode's list of search words, gives it celebration and ribbon. It files six other emoji under bow, among them wrapped gift, folded hands and bow and arrow. For ribbon symbol copy and paste with no emoji in it, take ⋈ or ୨୧.
What is ୨୧ really?
The number 21 in the script of the Odia language: Oriya digit two, then Oriya digit one, in Unicode's older spelling. For bow symbol copy paste, this is probably the pair you pictured. Much of what travels as bow symbols copy and paste is borrowed writing: ʚɞ is two phonetic letters, and ⋈ is the natural join of database maths.
Why did my number land inside the bow?
You picked ᡣ𐭩. Its second half, Inscriptional Pahlavi letter yodh, runs right to left, so a digit typed after it lands on the letter's far side. Here it is with a 7 typed after it: ᡣ𐭩7 and the 7 is not at the end. Put a word between the bow and any digits.
🩰Ballet shoesU+1FA70. Shoes that tie with ribbons. The usual neighbour of the bow in a coquette bio. Emoji 12.0.
🏹Bow and arrowU+1F3F9. The other bow. CLDR files it under bow, archery and Sagittarius. Emoji 1.0.
➰Curly loopU+27B0. One loop of ribbon. The notes in the Unicode names list give it a second name, kururi. Emoji 0.6.
➿Double curly loopU+27BF. Two loops, which is most of a bow. Emoji 1.0.
💝Heart with ribbonU+1F49D. A heart tied up like a present. CLDR files it under ribbon and valentine. Emoji 0.6.
🪢KnotU+1FAA2. A bow before anyone pulled the loops through. CLDR lists tie and twine. Emoji 13.0.
🙇Person bowingU+1F647. The third bow. CLDR files it under bow, bowing and sorry. Emoji 0.6.
🎗️Reminder ribbonU+1F397 U+FE0F. A looped awareness ribbon, not a bow. The only emoji here with a text form, so the Text style switch changes this one and nothing else. Emoji 0.7.
🎀RibbonU+1F380. The bow emoji. Unicode names it ribbon, and the CLDR search words for it are celebration and ribbon: bow is not one of them. The colour belongs to the emoji font of whatever device shows it, so no copy of it comes in another shade. Emoji 0.6.
🎁Wrapped giftU+1F381. The bow on a box. CLDR does list bow for this one. Emoji 0.6.
Show all 93 bows (83 more)
Text bows 17
⧓Black bowtieU+29D3 Black bowtie. Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block, Unicode 3.2. The bowtie filled in.
⋈BowtieU+22C8 Bowtie. Mathematical Operators block, Unicode 1.1. A bowtie by name. Its day job is the natural join of database maths: CLDR lists it under bowtie, natural and join.
⧑Bowtie, left half blackU+29D1 Bowtie with left half black. Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block, Unicode 3.2. Half filled, for a two-tone bow.
⧒Bowtie, right half blackU+29D2 Bowtie with right half black. Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block, Unicode 3.2. The mirror of the one before it.
⪩⪨Closed curve bowU+2AA9 U+2AA8. Greater-than closed by curve above slanted equal, then less-than closed by curve above slanted equal. Supplemental Mathematical Operators block, Unicode 3.2. Two comparison signs set back to back. Reads as a bow or as a wrapped sweet.
ʚɞClosed epsilon bowU+029A U+025E. Latin small letter closed open e, then Latin small letter closed reversed open e. IPA Extensions block, Unicode 1.1. Two phonetic letters that mirror each other; the Unicode names list calls them closed epsilon and closed reversed epsilon. Also read as a pair of wings, which is why a heart or a name fits between them.
⋊Half bowtie, open to the leftU+22CA Right normal factor semidirect product. Mathematical Operators block, Unicode 1.1. The closing half of the pair.
⋉Half bowtie, open to the rightU+22C9 Left normal factor semidirect product. Mathematical Operators block, Unicode 1.1. A bowtie with its right side left open. Set it before a name and its mirror after.
𐙚Linear A ribbon signU+1065A Linear A sign A306. Linear A block, Unicode 7.0. A sign from Linear A, the script of Minoan Crete that nobody has deciphered, so what it meant is unknown. It is here because it looks like a charm hung on a ribbon. It needs a font for a historic script, so expect an empty box on some devices.
ᡣ𐭩Mongolian and Pahlavi bowU+1863 U+10B69. Mongolian letter sibe ka, then Inscriptional Pahlavi letter yodh. Mongolian block, Unicode 3.0; Inscriptional Pahlavi block, Unicode 5.2. The Pahlavi half is a right-to-left letter, so a number typed after the pair lands in the middle of the bow. Put a word between the bow and any digits.
⑅OCR bow tieU+2445 OCR bow tie. Optical Character Recognition block, Unicode 1.1. A small bow made for forms that machines read. The Unicode names list also calls it unique asterisk.
୨ৎOdia and Bengali bowU+0B68 U+09CE. Oriya digit two, then Bengali letter khanda ta. Oriya block, Unicode 1.1; Bengali block, Unicode 4.1. The same left loop, with a Bengali letter for the right one.
୨୧Odia bowU+0B68 U+0B67. Oriya digit two, then Oriya digit one. Oriya block, Unicode 1.1. The usual text bow is the number 21 written in Odia digits, a script Unicode still spells Oriya.
౨ৎTelugu and Bengali bowU+0C68 U+09CE. Telugu digit two, then Bengali letter khanda ta. Telugu block, Unicode 1.1; Bengali block, Unicode 4.1. A Telugu two and a Bengali letter: two scripts with no reason to meet in real writing.
𝜗𝜚Theta and rho bowU+1D717 U+1D71A. Mathematical italic theta symbol, then mathematical italic rho symbol. Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, Unicode 3.1. Two italic Greek letters from the maths alphabets. The theta makes the left loop, the rho the right one and its tail.
⧖Vertical bowtieU+29D6 White hourglass. Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block, Unicode 3.2. Named white hourglass, and listed in the Unicode names list as vertical bowtie: a bowtie stood on end.
⧗Vertical bowtie, blackU+29D7 Black hourglass. Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block, Unicode 3.2. The filled version of the vertical bowtie.
Kaomoji wearing a bow 14
(˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)⑅Tiny OCR bow by the chin
(๑˃ᴗ˂)౨ৎSqueezed eyes, wide Telugu bow
(•ω•)⋈Bowtie, worn badly
(≧◡≦)𝜗𝜚Laughing face with the theta and rho bow
(っ•ᴗ•)っ🎀Handing you the ribbon
(｡•ᴗ•｡)🎀Ribbon emoji at the left ear
(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ🎀Throwing a ribbon in the air
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ🎀Bear with a ribbon
ʚ(˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)ɞBlushing face between closed epsilons
୨(•ᴗ•)୧Face as the knot of an Odia bow
୨୧(˘ᵕ˘)Eyes shut, Odia bow in the hair
⋈(˘ᵕ˘)⋈Calm face between two bowties
꒰ᐢ. .ᐢ꒱🎀Bunny with a ribbon by its ear
🎀(◍•ᴗ•◍)Ribbon at the right ear, round cheeks
Kaomoji taking a bow 8
(_ _)Head down, no hands
(シ_ _)シBowing with both arms swung forward
<(_ _)>Elbows out, head down
_(._.)_A small bow, arms out flat
＿|￣|○Head on the ground, in despair
m(. .)mThe same bow with the eyes showing
m(_ _)mThe classic: hands down, head down
orzThe same collapse in three plain letters
Bow wrappers for a name 13
ʚ name ɞName between the closed epsilons
✧˖° ʚ name ɞ °˖✧Closed epsilons with sparkles
౨ name ৎName inside the Telugu and Bengali bow
୨ name ୧Name as the knot of the Odia bow
⋆ ˚｡ ୨ name ୧ ｡˚ ⋆Odia bow with stars trailing off
୨୧ name ୨୧A whole Odia bow on each side
⋈ name ⋈A bowtie on each side
୨⎯ name ⎯୧The bow pulled out long
⑅ name ⑅A tiny OCR bow on each side
꒰ ୨୧ name ꒱Bow and name in soft brackets
𝜗 name 𝜚Name inside the theta and rho bow
🎀 name 🎀A ribbon emoji on each side
₊˚⊹ 🎀 name 🎀 ⊹˚₊Ribbons with a little glitter
Words in a bow font 8
ʚ 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 ɞPrincess in bold italic
୨ 𝓬𝓸𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮 ୧Coquette in bold script, in the Odia bow
୨୧ ｂａｌｌｅｒｉｎａ ୨୧Ballerina in fullwidth letters
౨ 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 ৎSweetheart in monospace
⋈ 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝𝕪 ⋈Lovely in double-struck, with bowties
🎀 𝓫𝓸𝔀 🎀Bow in bold script, a ribbon each side
b୨୧o୨୧w୨୧sBows with an Odia bow between the letters
🎀p🎀i🎀n🎀k🎀Pink with a ribbon between the letters
Bow dividers 10
· · ─── ·🎀· ─── · ·Solid line fading out from a ribbon
˗ˏˋ 🎀 ˎˊ˗Ribbon with attention marks round it
୨୧ ‧ ୨୧ ‧ ୨୧Three Odia bows with dots between
୨୧ ┈┈┈┈┈┈ ୨୧Dashed line with a bow at each end
₊˚ʚ 🎀 ɞ˚₊Ribbon between closed epsilons
⊱ ─── ୨୧ ─── ⊰Line with curled ends
⋈ ⋈ ⋈ ⋈ ⋈Row of five bowties
⑅ ･ ⑅ ･ ⑅ ･ ⑅Row of four tiny bows
┈┈┈ ୨୧ ┈┈┈Dashed line with one bow in the middle
✦•┈ ୨୧ ┈•✦Short line with a star at each end
Bow emoji combos 13
🎀🩰Bow and ballet shoesRibbon, then ballet shoes. The standard coquette pair.
✨🎀✨Bow and sparklesSparkles, then ribbon, then sparkles. Ribbon with sparkles on both sides.
🎀🦢Bow and swanRibbon, then swan. A ballet in two emoji.
🍓🍰🎀Cake box with a bowStrawberry, then shortcake, then ribbon. Dessert with a bow on the box.
🎁🎀Gift with a spare bowWrapped gift, then ribbon. For birthdays and anything wrapped.
💌🎀Love letter, tiedLove letter, then ribbon. Post that took effort.
🩷🎀Pink bowPink heart, then ribbon. The heart states the colour, since the ribbon cannot.
🖤🎀Ribbon and black heartBlack heart, then ribbon. As close as a black bow gets.
🩵🎀Ribbon and light blue heartLight blue heart, then ribbon. As close as a blue bow gets.
🤍🎀🤍Ribbon between white heartsWhite heart, then ribbon, then white heart. For a pale bio.
🧸🎀Teddy with a bowTeddy bear, then ribbon. A present for someone small.
🎀🎀🎀Three in a rowRibbon 3 times. When one bow is not enough.
🌷🎀Tulips, tiedTulip, then ribbon. A bunch with a ribbon round the stems.