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pause button

A pause button

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Code points: U+23F8 U+FE0F
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Meaning

A pause button. Means pausing, stopping briefly and taking breaks. Use it for "pause for a moment" and breaks.

Pause button — Approved as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014.

bar button double pause vertical emoji

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shuffle tracks button repeat button repeat single button play button fast-forward button next track button play or pause button reverse button fast reverse button last track button upwards button fast up button

Emoji names around the world

English: pause buttonالعربية زر إيقاف مؤقت español pausa português botão pausar हिन्दी पॉज़ बटन Indonesia tombol jeda

Names from Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 — official Unicode data.

Quick facts

Code points: U+23F8 U+FE0F
Unicode name: pause button
Category: SymbolsAV symbols
Unicode: 7.0 · 2014Emoji 0.7
Keywords: bar button double pause vertical emoji meaning mean

Developer

Emoji sequenceemoji presentation requested via VS16 (U+FE0F)

Unicode data

Code pointsU+23F8 U+FE0F

Unicode namepause button

UTF-8E2 8F B8 EF B8 8F

Shortcodes

Shortcode (Discord / GitHub / Slack):pause_button:

HTML & CSS

HTML (hex)⏸️

HTML (decimal)⏸️

CSS\23F8 \FE0F

Languages

JavaScript\u{23F8}\u{FE0F}

Python\u23F8\uFE0F

Perl\x{23F8}\x{FE0F}

PHP / Ruby\u{23F8}\u{FE0F}

Encodings

Punycodexn--poh5107f

URL escape code%E2%8F%B8%EF%B8%8F

Frequently asked

What does ⏸️ pause button mean?

A pause button. Means pausing, stopping briefly and taking breaks. Use it for "pause for a moment" and breaks.

What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for ⏸️ pause button?

U+23F8 U+FE0F (Unicode 7.0, 2014) · :pause_button:

Which emojis are related to ⏸️ pause button?

🔀 shuffle tracks button, 🔁 repeat button, 🔂 repeat single button, ▶️ play button, ⏩ fast-forward button, ⏭️ next track button, ⏯️ play or pause button, ◀️ reverse button

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