⏯️ Play Or Pause Button Emoji

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⏯️	Google Noto Color Emoji 16.0

⏯️ Related Emojis

The ⏯️ emoji is often associated with the following emojis:

🎧📻📼📀💿🎸👨‍🎤📱🎵👩‍🎤🎶

⏯️ Meaning and Usage

The play or pause button emoji ⏯️ features a right-facing triangle nestled next to two vertical lines, resembling a multimedia control button. It signifies choices between play or pause, often used in contexts involving media or decision-making. Because of its simplicity, it helps convey ideas about starting or stopping activities or processes, with a focus on multimedia.

Emoji name: play or pause button

Categories

🔀 Audio & Video Symbols

⏯️ Chat Examples

Let’s chill and watch that video you sent! ⏯️ 📺
I'm thinking about taking a break from work. ⏯️ 💼
Ready to start our next adventure? ⏯️ 🌍
Let's pause and think this through before deciding. ⏯️ 🤔
Hit the play button on your dreams and go for it! ⏯️ 🚀

⏯️ Images

Check out how the emoji appears on different devices and platforms:

Google

Noto Color Emoji 16.0

Microsoft

Fluent Emoji - Color

Microsoft

Fluent Emoji - Flat

OpenMoji

OpenMoji 15.1

Twitter / X

Twemoji 14.0

Google

Noto Emoji 16.0

Your Browser

Default Emoji

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⏯️ Emoji Support and Compatibility

Google

Android 6.0.1

Microsoft

Windows 8.0

⏯️ Image History

Google

Android 4.3 Jelly Bean: ❌

Android 4.4 KitKat: ❌

Android 5.1 Lollipop: ❌

Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow: ✅

Android 7.1.1 Nougat: ✅

Android 8.0 Oreo: ✅

Android 9.0 Pie: ✅

Android 10.0: ✅

Android 11.0: ✅

Android 12L: ✅

Noto Color Emoji 15.0: ✅

Noto Color Emoji 15.1: ✅

Noto Color Emoji 16.0: ✅

Noto Emoji 15.1: ✅

Noto Emoji 16.0: ✅

Microsoft

Fluent Emoji - 3D: ✅

Fluent Emoji - Color: ✅

Fluent Emoji - Flat: ✅

Fluent Emoji - High Contrast: ✅

Mozilla

FxEmojis 1.7.9: ❌

OpenMoji

OpenMoji 13.1: ✅

OpenMoji 14.0: ✅

Twitter / X

Twemoji 2.3: ✅

Twemoji 12.1.5: ✅

Twemoji 13.1: ✅

Twemoji 14.0: ✅

⏯️ Word Associations with the "Play Or Pause Button" Emoji

The ⏯️ is often associated with: video, control, music, media, toggle, start/stop, play, pause and activation.

⏯️ Play Or Pause Button Emoji In Most Popular Languages

Discover the name of this emoji in various languages:

Language	Emoji Name
Arabic	زر تشغيل أو إيقاف مؤقت
Chinese	播放或暂停按钮
Chinese (Traditional)	播放或暫停
French	bouton lecture/pause
German	Wiedergabe oder Pause
Hindi	प्ले और पॉज़ बटन
Italian	pulsante riproduci/pausa
Japanese	再生／一時停止ボタン
Korean	재생 또는 일시 정지 버튼
Portuguese	botão de reproduzir ou pausar
Spanish	reproducir o pausa
Turkish	oynatma veya duraklatma düğmesi
Source: Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) v46
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Complete List of ⏯️ Translations

Language	Emoji Name
A
Afrikaans	speel-of-onderbreekknoppie
Albanian	butoni i luajtjes ose pauzës
Amharic	አጫውት ወይም ላፍታ ግታ አዝራር
Arabic	زر تشغيل أو إيقاف مؤقت
Armenian	նվագարկման կամ դադարի կոճակ
Assamese	পৰিৱেশন বা বিৰতি বুটাম
Azerbaijani	işə sal və ya fasilə et düyməsi
B
Bangla	প্লে বা বিরতি বোতাম
Basque	erreproduzitzeko edo pausatzeko botoia
Belarusian	кнопка «прайграць» і «прыпыніць»
Bosnian	dugme za pauziranje ili nastavak
Bulgarian	бутон за пускане или пауза
Burmese	ဖွင့် သို့မဟုတ် ဆိုင်းငံ့ ခလုတ်
C
Cantonese (Simplified)	播放或暂停按钮
Catalan	botó de pausa o de reproducció
Cherokee	ᏔᏁᏟᏓ ᎠᎴᏱᎩ ᏗᎾᎯᏍᏗ ᎦᏗ
Chinese	播放或暂停按钮
Chinese (Traditional)	播放或暫停
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)	播放或暫停按鈕
Croatian	tipka za reprodukciju ili pauzu
Czech	tlačítko přehrávání nebo pozastavení
D
Danish	knap til afspilning og pause
Dutch	knop voor afspelen of pauzeren
E
English	play or pause button
Estonian	esitus- ja pausinupp
F
Faroese	spæl ella pausa knappur
Filipino	button na i-play o i-pause
Finnish	toista/pysäytä
French	bouton lecture/pause
G
Galician	botón reprodución ou pausa
Georgian	დაკვრის ან დაპაუზების ღილაკი
German	Wiedergabe oder Pause
Greek	κουμπί αναπαραγωγής ή παύσης
Gujarati	ચલાવો અથવા થોભાવો બટન
H
Hausa	maɓallin kaɗa ko dakatar da
Hebrew	לחצן הפעלה/השהייה
Hindi	प्ले और पॉज़ बटन
Hungarian	lejátszás vagy szünet gomb
I
Icelandic	spilunar- og pásuhnappur
Igbo	kpọọ maọbụ cheretụ ọdụmbi
Indonesian	tombol putar atau jeda
Irish	cnaipe seinnte nó sosa
Italian	pulsante riproduci/pausa
J
Japanese	再生／一時停止ボタン
Javanese	tombol main utawa mandheg
K
Kalaallisut	knap til afspilning og pause
Kannada	ಪ್ಲೇ ಅಥವಾ ವಿರಾಮ ಬಟನ್
Kazakh	ойнату не кідірту түймесі
Khmer	ប៊ូតុងចាក់ឬផ្អាក
Kinyarwanda	buto yo gukina cyangwa guhagarika gato
Konkani	वाजोवप वा थारावप बटण
Korean	재생 또는 일시 정지 버튼
Kyrgyz	ойнотуу же тындыруу баскычы
L
Lao	ປຸ່ມຫຼິ້ນ ຫຼືຢຸດຊົ່ວຄາວ
Latvian	poga Atskaņot vai apturēt
Lithuanian	paleisti arba pristabdyti
Luxembourgish	Ofspill- oder Pausknäppchen
M
Macedonian	копче за пуштање или паузирање
Malay	butang main atau jeda
Malayalam	പ്ലേ ചെയ്യുക/താൽക്കാലികമായി നിർത്തുക ബട്ടൺ
Maltese	buttuna aqra jew issospendi
Māori	pātene purei, taihoa rānei
Marathi	प्ले करा किंवा विराम द्या बटण
Mongolian	тоглуулах, түр зогсоох товчлуур
N
Nepali	बजाउने वा रोक्ने बटन
Nigerian Pidgin	Plé ọ Stọ́p-smọl Bọ́tin
Norwegian Bokmål	spill av/pause-knapp
Norwegian Nynorsk	spel av / pause-knapp
O
Odia	ଚାଳନ କିମ୍ବା ବିରାମ ବଟନ୍‌
P
Pashto / Pushto	د غږولو يا وقفې بټن
Persian	دکمهٔ پخش یا مکث
Polish	odtwórz lub wstrzymaj
Portuguese	botão de reproduzir ou pausar
Portuguese (Portugal)	botão de reprodução ou pausa
Punjabi	ਚਲਾਉਣ ਜਾਂ ਰੋਕਣ ਲਈ ਬਟਨ
Q
Quechua	purichiy utaq samay ñitina
R
Romanian	buton de redare sau suspendare
Russian	воспроизведение/пауза
S
Scottish Gaelic	putan “Cluich no cuir na stad”
Serbian (Cyrillic)	дугме за репродукцију или паузу
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	дугме за репродукцију или паузу
Serbian (Latin)	dugme za reprodukciju ili pauzu
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)	dugme za reprodukciju ili pauzu
Sindhi	هلائڻ ۽ ساڪت جو بٽڻ
Sinhala	ධාවන හෝ විරාම බොත්තම
Slovak	tlačidlo prehrávania a pozastavenia
Slovenian	gumb za predvajanje ali zaustavitev
Somali	bdhanka cayaar ama jooji ah
Spanish	reproducir o pausa
Spanish (Latin American Spanish)	pausar o reproducir
Spanish (Mexican Spanish)	reproducir o pausa
Spanish (United States)	botón de reproducción o pausa
Swahili	kitufe cha kucheza au kusitisha
Swedish	knapp för spela eller pausa
T
Tajik	тугмаи "Пахш ё таваққуф"
Tamil	இயக்கு அல்லது நிறுத்து பட்டன்
Telugu	ప్లే లేదా పాజ్ బటన్
Thai	เล่นหรือหยุดชั่วคราว
Tongan	meʻalolomi tā pe tatali
Turkish	oynatma veya duraklatma düğmesi
Turkmen	aýtdyr ýa-da sägindir düwmesi
U
Ukrainian	кнопка «Відтворити або призупинити»
Urdu	چلانے یا روکنے کا بٹن
Uyghur / Uighur	قويۇش ياكى تورمۇزلاش كۇنۇپكىسى
Uzbek	ijro yoki pauza tugmasi
V
Vietnamese	nút phát hoặc tạm dừng
W
Welsh	botwm chwarae neu saib
Wolof	bitoŋu doxal wala taxawal
X
Xhosa	iqhosha lokudlala okanye lokunqumamisa
Y
Yoruba	bó̩tìnìpíílè tàbí ìdúró
Z
Zulu	inkinobho yokudlala noma ukumisa
Source: Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) v46

⏯️ Emoji Codes for Developers

Shortcode (Discord)	:play_pause:
Shortcode (GitHub)	:play_or_pause_button:
Shortcode (Slack)	:black_right_pointing_triangle_with_double_vertical_bar:
HTML Dec	⏯️
HTML Hex	⏯️
CSS	\23EF \FE0F
C, C++ & Python	\u23EF\uFE0F
Java, JavaScript & JSON	\u23EF\uFE0F
Perl	\x{23EF}\x{FE0F}
PHP & Ruby	\u{23EF}\u{FE0F}
Punycode	xn--goh
URL Escape Code	%E2%8F%AF%EF%B8%8F

⏯️ Unicode Data

Unicode Code Point(s)	⏯: U+23EF Variation Selector-16: U+FE0F
Unicode Version	Unicode 6.0
Emoji Version	Emoji 1.0
Proposals	L2/09‑114