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Start or Stop! Show control with the Play or Pause Button emoji, a symbol of starting or pausing playback.
A triangle pointing to the right and two vertical bars. The Play or Pause Button emoji is commonly used to indicate control over media playback, either starting or pausing. If someone sends you a ⏯️ emoji, it likely means they are suggesting to either play or pause the media.
The ⏯️ Play Or Pause Button emoji represents the action of starting or pausing media playback. It is a symbol used to control the flow of multimedia content, allowing users to either begin or temporarily halt the playback as needed.
Simply click on the ⏯️ emoji above to instantly copy it to your clipboard. You can then paste it anywhere - in messages, social media, documents, or any app that supports emojis.
The ⏯️ play or pause button emoji was introduced in Emoji E1.0 and is now supported across all major platforms including iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS.
The ⏯️ play or pause button emoji belongs to the Symbols category, specifically in the AV Symbols subcategory.
| Unicode Name | Black Right-Pointing Triangle with Double Vertical Bar |
| Apple Name | Play/Pause Symbol |
| Also Known As | Play-Pause |
| Unicode Hexadecimal | U+23EF U+FE0F |
| Unicode Decimal | U+9199 U+65039 |
| Escape Sequence | \u23ef \ufe0f |
| Group | ㊗️ Symbols |
| Subgroup | 🔊 AV Symbols |
| Proposals | L2/09-114 |
| Unicode Version | 6.0 | 2010 |
| Emoji Version | 1.0 | 2015 |
| Unicode Name | Black Right-Pointing Triangle with Double Vertical Bar |
| Apple Name | Play/Pause Symbol |
| Also Known As | Play-Pause |
| Unicode Hexadecimal | U+23EF U+FE0F |
| Unicode Decimal | U+9199 U+65039 |
| Escape Sequence | \u23ef \ufe0f |
| Group | ㊗️ Symbols |
| Subgroup | 🔊 AV Symbols |
| Proposals | L2/09-114 |
| Unicode Version | 6.0 | 2010 |
| Emoji Version | 1.0 | 2015 |