⏸️U+23F8 U+FE0F

Pause button emoji

Two short vertical bars side by side, the pause button on media players. People use it to pause a video or song, to put something on hold, and to say they are taking a break or need a moment.

Unicode name: pause button
Category: Symbols, Audio and video symbols
Added: Emoji 0.7 in 2014
Code points: U+23F8 U+FE0F
Shortcode: :pause_button:
Keywords: bar, button, double, pause, vertical

How it looks

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How to type ⏸️

iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “pause button”.
Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “pause button”.
Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “pause button”.
Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “pause button”.
GitHub: Type :pause_button: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	pausa	barras, botón, pausa, vertical
Français	bouton pause	bouton pause, pause
Deutsch	Pause	keycap, Pause, Streifen, Tastenkappe, vertikal
Italiano	pulsante pausa	in pausa, mettere in pausa, pausa, pulsante
Português	botão pausar	barra, botão pausar, dupla, pausado, pausar, pause, vertical
Nederlands	pauzeknop	dubbel, knop, pauze, streep, verticaal
Svenska	pausknapp	knapp, knapp för pausa, paus, pausknapp
Polski	pauza	dwie, pauza, pionowe kreski, przycisk, wstrzymaj
Türkçe	duraklatma düğmesi	çift çizgi, çubuk, dikey, duraklatma, duraklatma düğmesi
Русский	пауза	две черты, кнопка, кнопка паузы, остановить, пауза, стоп
Українська	кнопка паузи	вертикальна, дві, кнопка «Призупинити», кнопка паузи, лінія, пауза
Ελληνικά	κουμπί παύσης	γραμμή, διπλή, κάθετη, κουμπί παύσης, παύση
العربية	زر إيقاف مؤقت	زر إيقاف مؤقت, شريط, ضعف, متوازٍ, وقف
עברית	לחצן השהייה	הפסק, השהה, השהייה, עצור
فارسی	دکمهٔ مکث	دکمه مکث, دکمهٔ مکث, دوتایی, عمودی, مکث, نوار
हिन्दी	पॉज़ बटन	दोहरा, पॉज़ बटन, बार, रोकें, रोकें बटन, लंबवत, स्थिर बटन
বাংলা	বিরতি বোতাম	উল্লম্ব, দ্বিগুণ, পজ করার বোতাম, বার, বিরতি, বিরতি বোতাম
Bahasa Indonesia	tombol jeda	batang, dobel, dua kali, jeda, tombol, vertikal
Tiếng Việt	nút tạm dừng	dọc, kép, nút tạm dừng, tạm dừng, thanh
ไทย	ปุ่มหยุุดชั่วคราว	แนวตั้ง, ปุ่ม, ปุ่มหยุุดชั่วคราว, หยุดชั่วคราว
日本語	一時停止ボタン	ポーズ, ボタン, 一時停止, 一時停止ボタン
한국어	일시 정지 버튼	더블, 일시 정지, 일시 정지 버튼, 정지
中文（简体）	暂停按钮	停止, 双条形, 暂停, 暂停按钮
中文（繁體）	暫停	按鈕, 暫停, 暫停鈕

Names in 98 more languages

Afrikaans	onderbreekknoppie
Akan	gyina bɔtom
Albanian	butoni i pauzës
Amharic	ላፍታ ግታ አዝራር
Armenian	դադարի կոճակ
Assamese	বিৰতি বুটাম
Azerbaijani	fasilə et düyməsi
Bashkir	пауза төймәһе
Basque	pausatzeko botoia
Belarusian	кнопка «прыпыніць»
Bosnian	dugme pauziraj
Bulgarian	бутон за пауза
Burmese	ဆိုင်းငံ့ရန် ခလုတ်
Cantonese	暫停按鈕
Cantonese (Simplified)	暂停按钮
Catalan	botó de pausa
Cherokee	ᎦᎾᎯᏍᏙᏗ ᎦᏗ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)	暫停按鈕
Chuvash	чарăну
Croatian	tipka za pauzu
Czech	tlačítko pozastavení
Danish	pauseknap
Estonian	pausinupp
European Portuguese	botão de pausa
Faroese	pausaknappur
Filipino	button na i-pause
Finnish	pysäytä
Galician	botón de pausa
Georgian	პაუზის ღილაკი
Gujarati	થોભાવો બટન
Hausa	maɓallin dakatar da
Hungarian	szüneteltetés gomb
Icelandic	pásutakki
Igbo	ọdụmbi cheretụ
Irish	cnaipe sosa
Javanese	tombol mandheg
Kalaallisut	pauseknap
Kannada	ವಿರಾಮ ಬಟನ್
Kazakh	кідірту түймесі
Kazakh (Arabic)	كىدىرتۋ باتىرماسى
Khmer	ប៊ូតុងផ្អាក
Kinyarwanda	buto yo guhagarika gato
Konkani	थारावणी बटण
Kyrgyz	тындыруу баскычы
Kʼicheʼ	pitz’b’al rech uxlanem
Lao	ປຸ່ມຢຸດໄວ້
Latvian	poga Pauze
Lithuanian	pristabdyti
Lower Sorbian	tasta "pśestawka"
Luxembourgish	Pausknäppchen
Macedonian	копче за пауза
Malay	butang jeda
Malayalam	താൽക്കാലികമായി നിർത്തുക ബട്ടൺ
Maltese	buttuna issospendi
Marathi	विराम द्या बटण
Mongolian	түр зогсоох товчлуур
Māori	pātene taihoa
Nepali	पज बटन
Nigerian Pidgin	Stọ́p-smọl Bọ́tin
Northern Sotho	konope ya go emišanyana
Norwegian	pause-knapp
Odia	ବିରାମ ବଟନ୍‌
Oromo	qabduu yeroo dhaabii
Pashto	د وقفې بټن
Punjabi	ਰੋਕਣ ਲਈ ਬਟਨ
Punjabi (Arabic)	توقف دا بٹن
Quechua	samay ñitina
Romanian	buton de suspendare
Romansh	buttun da pausa
Sardinian	butone de pàusa
Scottish Gaelic	putan “Cuir na stad”
Serbian	дугме за паузу
Serbian (Latin)	dugme za pauzu
Shan	ၼဵၼ်ယင်ႉ
Sindhi	ساڪت ڪرڻ جو بٽڻ
Sinhala	විරාම බොත්තම
Slovak	tlačidlo pozastavenia
Slovenian	gumb za zaustavitev
Somali	badhanka hakinta
Spanish (United States)	botón pausa
Swahili	kitufe cha kusitisha
Tajik	Тугмаи "Таваққуф"
Tamil	இடை நிறுத்து பட்டன்
Telugu	పాజ్ బటన్
Tigrinya	መዕጸዊ መልጎም
Tongan	meʻalolomi tatali
Tswana	konopo ya kgaotsa go sekae
Turkmen	sägindir düwmesi
Upper Sorbian	tłóčatko "přestawka"
Urdu	وقفہ ڈالنے کا بٹن
Uyghur	تورمۇزلاش كۇنۇپكىسى
Uzbek	pauza tugmasi
Welsh	botwm saib
Wolof	bitoŋu taxawal
Xhosa	iqhosha lokunqumamisa
Yoruba	bọ́tínì ìdánudúró fúngbà díẹ̀
Yoruba (Benin)	bɔ́tínì ìdánudúró fúngbà díɛ̀
Zulu	inkinobho yokuphumuza

Codes

Code points: U+23F8 U+FE0F
HTML: ⏸️
CSS: \23F8\FE0F
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{23F8}\u{FE0F}
Python: \u23F8\uFE0F
UTF-8 bytes: E2 8F B8 EF B8 8F
UTF-16: 23F8 FE0F
URL encoded: %E2%8F%B8%EF%B8%8F

Questions

What does the ⏸️ pause button emoji mean?

Two short vertical bars side by side, the pause button on media players. People use it to pause a video or song, to put something on hold, and to say they are taking a break or need a moment.

How do I type the ⏸️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “pause button”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :pause_button:.

When was the ⏸️ emoji added?

⏸️ was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014.

What is the Unicode code point for ⏸️?

U+23F8 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ⏸️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{23F8}\u{FE0F}.