diff --git a/cypress/integration/rendering/newShapes.spec.ts b/cypress/integration/rendering/newShapes.spec.ts
index 45e51a09b6..f75d3c5fca 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/rendering/newShapes.spec.ts
+++ b/cypress/integration/rendering/newShapes.spec.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const newShapesSet5 = [
   'card',
   'shadedProcess',
 ] as const;
+const newShapesSet6 = ['curlyBraces'];
 
 // Aggregate all shape sets into a single array
 const newShapesSets = [
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ const newShapesSets = [
   newShapesSet3,
   newShapesSet4,
   newShapesSet5,
+  newShapesSet6,
 ] as const;
 
 looks.forEach((look) => {
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/rendering-elements/nodes.js b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/rendering-elements/nodes.js
index e40d0c6fa8..2505bffc53 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/rendering-elements/nodes.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/rendering-elements/nodes.js
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import { multiWaveEdgedRectangle } from './shapes/multiWaveEdgedRectangle.js';
 import { windowPane } from './shapes/windowPane.js';
 import { linedWaveEdgedRect } from './shapes/linedWaveEdgedRect.js';
 import { taggedWaveEdgedRectangle } from './shapes/taggedWaveEdgedRectangle.js';
+import { curlyBraces } from './shapes/curlyBraces.js';
 
 //Use these names as the left side to render shapes.
 const shapes = {
@@ -212,6 +213,9 @@ const shapes = {
   lightningBolt,
   bolt: lightningBolt,
   'com-link': lightningBolt,
+  curlyBraces,
+  brace: curlyBraces,
+  comment: curlyBraces,
   hourglass,
   odd: rect_left_inv_arrow,
   labelRect,
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/rendering-elements/shapes/curlyBraces.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/rendering-elements/shapes/curlyBraces.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea294e8623
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/rendering-elements/shapes/curlyBraces.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+import { labelHelper, updateNodeBounds, getNodeClasses, createPathFromPoints } from './util.js';
+import intersect from '../intersect/index.js';
+import type { Node } from '$root/rendering-util/types.d.ts';
+import {
+  styles2String,
+  userNodeOverrides,
+} from '$root/rendering-util/rendering-elements/shapes/handDrawnShapeStyles.js';
+import rough from 'roughjs';
+
+function generateCirclePoints(
+  centerX: number,
+  centerY: number,
+  radius: number,
+  numPoints = 100,
+  startAngle = 0,
+  endAngle = 180
+) {
+  const points = [];
+
+  // Convert angles to radians
+  const startAngleRad = (startAngle * Math.PI) / 180;
+  const endAngleRad = (endAngle * Math.PI) / 180;
+
+  // Calculate the angle range in radians
+  const angleRange = endAngleRad - startAngleRad;
+
+  // Calculate the angle step
+  const angleStep = angleRange / (numPoints - 1);
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < numPoints; i++) {
+    const angle = startAngleRad + i * angleStep;
+    const x = centerX + radius * Math.cos(angle);
+    const y = centerY + radius * Math.sin(angle);
+    points.push({ x, y });
+  }
+
+  return points;
+}
+
+export const curlyBraces = async (parent: SVGAElement, node: Node) => {
+  const { labelStyles, nodeStyles } = styles2String(node);
+  node.labelStyle = labelStyles;
+  const { shapeSvg, bbox, label } = await labelHelper(parent, node, getNodeClasses(node));
+  const w = bbox.width + (node.padding ?? 0);
+  const h = bbox.height + (node.padding ?? 0);
+  const radius = w * 0.05;
+
+  const { cssStyles } = node;
+
+  const points = [
+    ...generateCirclePoints(w / 2, -h / 2, radius, 20, -90, 0),
+    { x: w / 2 + radius, y: -radius },
+    ...generateCirclePoints(w / 2 + w * 0.1, -radius, radius, 20, -180, -270),
+    ...generateCirclePoints(w / 2 + w * 0.1, radius, radius, 20, -90, -180),
+    { x: w / 2 + radius, y: h / 2 },
+    ...generateCirclePoints(w / 2, h / 2, radius, 20, 0, 90),
+  ];
+
+  const rectPoints = [
+    { x: -w / 2, y: -h / 2 - radius },
+    { x: w / 2, y: -h / 2 - radius },
+    ...generateCirclePoints(w / 2, -h / 2, radius, 20, -90, 0),
+    { x: w / 2 + radius, y: -radius },
+    ...generateCirclePoints(w / 2 + w * 0.1, -radius, radius, 20, -180, -270),
+    ...generateCirclePoints(w / 2 + w * 0.1, radius, radius, 20, -90, -180),
+    { x: w / 2 + radius, y: h / 2 },
+    ...generateCirclePoints(w / 2, h / 2, radius, 20, 0, 90),
+    { x: w / 2, y: h / 2 + radius },
+    { x: -w / 2, y: h / 2 + radius },
+  ];
+
+  // @ts-ignore - rough is not typed
+  const rc = rough.svg(shapeSvg);
+  const options = userNodeOverrides(node, { fill: 'none' });
+
+  if (node.look !== 'handDrawn') {
+    options.roughness = 0;
+    options.fillStyle = 'solid';
+  }
+  const bowTieRectPath = createPathFromPoints(points);
+  const newCurlyBracePath = bowTieRectPath.replace('Z', '');
+  const curlyBracePath = rc.path(newCurlyBracePath, options);
+  const rectPath = createPathFromPoints(rectPoints);
+  const rectShape = rc.path(rectPath, { ...options });
+  const bowTieRectShape = shapeSvg.insert('g', ':first-child');
+  bowTieRectShape.insert(() => rectShape, ':first-child').attr('stroke-opacity', 0);
+  bowTieRectShape.insert(() => curlyBracePath, ':first-child');
+  bowTieRectShape.attr('class', 'text');
+
+  if (cssStyles && node.look !== 'handDrawn') {
+    bowTieRectShape.selectAll('path').attr('style', cssStyles);
+  }
+
+  if (nodeStyles && node.look !== 'handDrawn') {
+    bowTieRectShape.selectAll('path').attr('style', nodeStyles);
+  }
+
+  bowTieRectShape.attr('transform', `translate(${-radius}, 0)`);
+
+  label.attr(
+    'transform',
+    `translate(${-w / 2 - (bbox.x - (bbox.left ?? 0))},${-h / 2 + (node.padding ?? 0) / 2 - (bbox.y - (bbox.top ?? 0))})`
+  );
+
+  updateNodeBounds(node, bowTieRectShape);
+
+  node.intersect = function (point) {
+    const pos = intersect.polygon(node, rectPoints, point);
+
+    return pos;
+  };
+
+  return shapeSvg;
+};