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⏹️ Stop button
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⏹️ Emoji meaning
Stop! Suspension, withdrawal, termination, conclusion, and standstill.
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⏹️ Meaning
“We're stopping now” or “Can we stop here”? Pressing the button pauses or interrupts something, e.g. a ride, a video or a song. Can mean that someone is bored or annoyed or wants to be left alone. Get away with you!
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Commonly confused with
Color Variant
Stop vs record button; both square/circle control symbols, color differences may not be obvious on some themes.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Stop button” was approved as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014 and added to Emoji 0.7 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ button
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- stop button
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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Keywords added
+ stop button
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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+ square + stop
