⏯️ Play or Pause Button is an emoji from the Symbols category. Its Unicode code point is U+23EF and it was released in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does ⏯️ Play or Pause Button mean?
The ⏯️ Play or Pause Button emoji belongs to the audio & video symbols group of the Symbols category. You will see it in chats and captions related to arrow, button, pause, play and right. Play or Pause Button has been available since Emoji 1.0 (2015), so it displays on almost all current devices. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :play_or_pause_button: to insert it.
Play or Pause Button emoji codes
| Emoji | ⏯️ |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+23EF |
| HTML entity (decimal) | ⏯ |
| HTML entity (hex) | ⏯ |
| CSS | \23EF |
| JavaScript | \u{23EF} |
| Python | \u23EF |
| URL-encoded | %E2%8F%AF |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 8F AF |
| Shortcode | :play_or_pause_button: |
How to type ⏯️ on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “play or pause button”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “play or 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.
Play or Pause Button keywords
- arrow
- button
- pause
- play
- right
- triangle
Frequently asked questions
What does ⏯️ mean?
The ⏯️ Play or Pause Button emoji belongs to the audio & video symbols group of the Symbols category. You will see it in chats and captions related to arrow, button, pause, play and right. Play or Pause Button has been available since Emoji 1.0 (2015), so it displays on almost all current devices. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :play_or_pause_button: to insert it.
How do I copy and paste the Play or 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 ⏯️ Play or Pause Button added to Unicode?
Play or Pause Button was released as part of Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
Related Audio & Video Symbols emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.