White square button Emoji

Symbols

A dark square featuring a bold, white outlined square in its center. It looks like a physical tactile button found on a television remote, a control panel, or an early gaming console.

Usage Context

Frequently used to indicate a stop command, to frame a piece of text for emphasis, or to represent digital interface controls. It is often used alongside the ⬛ or ⬜ emojis to denote various modes of display or to create visual separators in messages.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010, this icon originates from Japanese game console controllers and early remote control hardware. It was designed to help users navigate complex menus on television screens during the transition from analog to digital cable interfaces.

Details

Glyph

🔳

Unicode

U+1F533

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f533:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD33;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Symbols

Subcategory geometric

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

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

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