⏸️ Pause Button is an emoji from the Symbols category. Its Unicode code point is U+23F8 and it was released in Unicode 7.0 (2014). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does ⏸️ Pause Button mean?
⏸️ is the Pause Button emoji, listed under Symbols → Audio & Video Symbols in the Unicode emoji standard. You will see it in chats and captions related to bar, button, double, pause and vertical. Pause Button has been available since Unicode 7.0 (2014), so it displays on almost all current devices. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :pause_button: to insert it.
Pause Button emoji codes
| Emoji | ⏸️ |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+23F8 |
| HTML entity (decimal) | ⏸ |
| HTML entity (hex) | ⏸ |
| CSS | \23F8 |
| JavaScript | \u{23F8} |
| Python | \u23F8 |
| URL-encoded | %E2%8F%B8 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 8F B8 |
| Shortcode | :pause_button: |
How to type ⏸️ on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “pause button”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “pause button”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “button”.
- HTML: write
⏸in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Pause Button keywords
- bar
- button
- double
- pause
- vertical
Frequently asked questions
What does ⏸️ mean?
⏸️ is the Pause Button emoji, listed under Symbols → Audio & Video Symbols in the Unicode emoji standard. You will see it in chats and captions related to bar, button, double, pause and vertical. Pause Button has been available since Unicode 7.0 (2014), so it displays on almost all current devices. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :pause_button: to insert it.
How do I copy and paste the Pause Button emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the ⏸️ emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press → Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was ⏸️ Pause Button added to Unicode?
Pause Button was released as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014.
Related Audio & Video Symbols emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.