Meaning
A right-pointing triangle often used to indicate playing media or moving forward.
Category: Symbols
▶️play button
▶️ play button belongs to Symbols. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.
Aliases
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Keywords
arrowbuttonplayrighttriangleplay button
What does ▶️ play button mean?
This emoji represents a standard play button found on media players and streaming platforms. It is often used to direct someone to start a video, song, or podcast. Depending on context, it can also signify moving forward, continuing a process, or pointing to the right.
Often used for
- Telling someone to start watching or listening to a linked media file
- Indicating the start of a playlist or video sequence
- Pointing to a link or button to click
- Signifying moving forward or continuing an action
Tone: The tone is generally neutral and instructional. It is rarely used figuratively outside of media playback or forward motion.
▶️ in real messages
- check out this new track i found ▶️
- the meeting recording is right here ▶️
- just hit ▶️ and it should start playing
- moving on to the next chapter ▶️
- click the link ▶️ to watch the full video
Combos, text art & scenes with ▶️
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How ▶️ play button looks
Appearance varies by device and platform — your system font draws the native version below.
OpenMoji artwork CC BY-SA 4.0 — see attributions.
▶️ play button codes for developers
Every format below produces ▶️ — click Copy on the one your stack needs.
| Emoji | ▶️ | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode codepoints | U+25B6 U+FE0F | |
| HTML (decimal) | ▶️ | |
| HTML (hex) | ▶️ | |
| CSS | \25B6\FE0F | |
| JavaScript | \u{25B6}\u{FE0F} | |
| JSON | \u25B6\uFE0F | |
| URL encoded | %E2%96%B6%EF%B8%8F | |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :arrow_forward: |
▶️ in other languages
SpanishreproducirFrenchbouton lectureGermanWiedergabeItalianpulsante di riproduzionePortuguesebotão reproduzirRussianвоспроизведениеJapanese再生ボタンKorean재생 버튼Chinese播放按钮LithuanianpaleistiPolishodtwórz
Source: Unicode CLDR
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⏭️:next_track_button:
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◀️:arrow_backward:
reverse button
:arrow_backward:
⏮️:previous_track_button:
last track button
:previous_track_button:
⏩️:fast_forward:
fast-forward button
:fast_forward:
🔂:repeat_one:
repeat single button
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🔁:repeat:
repeat button
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🔀:twisted_rightwards_arrows:
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⏪️:rewind:
fast reverse button
:rewind:
🔼:arrow_up_small:
upwards button
:arrow_up_small:
⏫️:arrow_double_up:
fast up button
:arrow_double_up:
🔽:arrow_down_small:
downwards button
:arrow_down_small: