⏯️ Play or Pause Button

⏯️ Play or Pause Button is one of the playback symbols in Unicode's Symbols group. People send it when the subject is arrow, button, pause and play. Further official keywords are right and triangle.

⏯️ fits messaging apps, social networks and anywhere a short visual cue helps. On SmileyZone it is filed under Symbols and Signs. It joined the standard with Emoji 1.0 in 2015, so support on current devices is reliable. Its code point is U+23EF.

• A single ⏯️ is often enough to set the tone.
• Fits messages about arrow, button, pause and play.
• Often seen near ◀️ Reverse Button, ⏭️ Next Track Button and ⏩️ Fast-Forward Button.

• ⏯️⏮️ – Play or Pause Button and Last Track Button
• ⏯️◀️ – Play or Pause Button with Reverse Button
• ⏯️🔂 – Play or Pause Button plus Repeat Single Button
• ⏯️⏪️ – Play or Pause Button and Fast Reverse Button
• ⏯️⏫️ – Play or Pause Button with Fast up Button
• ⏯️⏭️ – Play or Pause Button plus Next Track Button
• ⏯️⏩️ – Play or Pause Button and Fast-Forward Button
• ⏯️🔁 – Play or Pause Button with Repeat Button

Easy to mix up with ◀️ Reverse Button, ⏭️ Next Track Button or ⏩️ Fast-Forward Button. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.