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A button used for playing or pausing audio or video content.

A button used for playing or pausing audio or video content. Emoji

Symbols

A dark square button featuring a white triangle pointing right, followed by two vertical white bars. This icon serves as a toggle switch to alternate between playback and pausing for multimedia content.

Usage Context

You will mostly see this button on music players, video streaming interfaces, and remote controls. It acts as a quick way to tell someone to start or stop a track, or to indicate a state of flux in a conversation. It is often grouped with media control icons like ▶️, ⏸️, or ⏹️.

History

This symbol originated from physical hardware tape decks and VCRs in the 1970s and 80s. As media playback moved from mechanical buttons to digital screens, this combined icon became a standard control feature in software like Windows Media Player and early web-based video controllers.

Details

Glyph
⏯
Unicode
U+23EF
Shortcode
:emoji_u23ef:
HTML Entity
⏯

Specifications

Vendor Google
Category Symbols
Subcategory av-symbol
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
arrowbuttonpauseplayrighttrianglemedia controlvideo playermusicplaybacktoggle

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

Apache 2.0SIL OFL 1.1Noto Repository

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