A button used for stopping audio or video playback. Emoji

Symbols

A solid, bold square shape typically rendered in a shade of red or grey. It functions as the universal icon for halting audio or video playback on media devices.

Usage Context

You will spot this on almost every digital media player, from early DVD remotes to modern streaming apps like YouTube or Spotify. It is used to signal a hard stop, standing in sharp contrast to the play button ▶ or the pause button ⏸.

History

The stop square became a standard in the 1970s and 80s on analog tape recorders and VCRs. As these physical controls moved to touchscreens, the icon was codified into Unicode 6.0 in 2010 to ensure consistent playback controls across global digital interfaces.

Details

Glyph

⏹

Unicode

U+23F9

Shortcode

:emoji_u23f9:

HTML Entity

⏹

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Symbols

Subcategory av-symbol

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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