⏯️ Play Or Pause Button Emoji

⏯️ Copy & Paste

⏯️	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 15.0

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: music, toggle, play, pause, media, start/stop, video, control 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
Looking for more translations? Check out the ⏯️ Play Or Pause Button emoji in over 100 languages
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