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⏯️ Play or pause button
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⏯️ Emoji meaning
Control, set timing, stop, interrupt, short pause.
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⏯️ Meaning
Shall we take a short break or will we continue straight away? Pressing this button pauses or plays the current song or video. Can you pause the film so we can talk on the phone? Can stand for a short break.
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Commonly confused with
Same Shape
Play-pause vs play; both primarily used to start/resume playback.
Pause vs play-pause; both contain pause bars; play triangle may be missed in tiny icons.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Play or pause button” was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015 and added to Emoji 1.0 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ button
Keywords removed
- play or pause button
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ play or pause button
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ arrow + pause + play + right + triangle
