| Emoji | ⏯️ |
| Name | play or pause button |
| Unicode Codepoint | U+23EF |
| Category | Symbols |
| Subcategory | Av Symbol |
| Emoji Version | 1 |
| Tags | arrow, button, pause, play, right, triangle |
| Decimal Value | 9199 |
| Hex Value | 0x23EF |
| HTML Code (Dec / Hex) | ⏯ / ⏯ |
The play or pause button emoji is a symbolic or functional icon — used for signaling, labeling, warnings, or abstract concepts (like direction, currency, or math) rather than depicting a literal object, person, or place.
Category context: The Symbols category gathers abstract icons — arrows, math notation, currency, warning signs, and keycap numbers — that function similarly to the Miscellaneous Symbols and Dingbats Unicode blocks, but rendered in full emoji color style rather than plain text glyphs.
Cataloged under Av Symbol within the Symbols category, play or pause button is the 80th of 224 emoji How To Type Any Symbol lists in this category, and was introduced in Emoji version 1 of the Unicode Emoji Standard. Technically, it is represented by a single Unicode code point rather than a combined sequence, making it one of the simpler emoji to encode and display reliably across platforms. Its Unicode code point sequence is U+23EF.
💡 Good to know: Keycap-style number emoji (like 1️⃣, 2️⃣) are commonly used for informal numbered lists or polls in chat apps that don't support native list formatting.
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The play or pause button emoji is Unicode U+23EF.
The play or pause button emoji is a symbolic or functional icon — used for signaling, labeling, warnings, or abstract concepts (like direction, currency, or math) rather than depicting a literal object, person, or place.