▶️U+25B6 U+FE0F

Play button emoji

A right-pointing triangle, the standard play button on video and music players. It is used to invite people to watch or listen, to mark a video or audio link, and to signal that something is starting.

Unicode name: play button
Category: Symbols, Audio and video symbols
Added: Emoji 0.6 in 2010
Code points: U+25B6 U+FE0F
Shortcode: :arrow_forward:
Keywords: arrow, button, play, right, triangle

How it looks

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How to type ▶️

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

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	reproducir	botón de reproducción, flecha, reproducir, triángulo
Français	bouton lecture	bouton lecture, droite, flèche, lecture, lire, triangle
Deutsch	Wiedergabe	abspielen, Dreieck, Pfeil, rechts, Wiedergabe
Italiano	pulsante di riproduzione	freccia, play, pulsante di riproduzione, pulsante play, riproduzione, tasto play, triangolo
Português	botão reproduzir	botão reproduzir, direita, play, reproduzir, seta, seta para a direita, triângulo
Nederlands	knop voor afspelen	afspelen, driehoek, knop, pijl, rechts
Svenska	uppspelningsknapp	knapp, knapp för spela, play, spela, uppspelningsknapp
Polski	odtwórz	odtwarzaj, odtwarzanie, odtwórz, przycisk, strzałka, trójkąt, w prawo
Türkçe	oynatma düğmesi	ok, oynatma, oynatma düğmesi, sağ, üçgen
Русский	воспроизведение	воспроизведение, вперед, вправо, геометрия, кнопка, перемотать, перемотка, проигрывание, треугольник, фигура
Українська	кнопка відтворення	відтворити, вправо, кнопка «Відтворити», кнопка відтворення, праворуч, стрілка, трикутник
Ελληνικά	κουμπί αναπαραγωγής	αναπαραγωγή, βέλος, δεξιό, κουμπί αναπαραγωγής, τρίγωνο
العربية	زر تشغيل	تشغيل, زر, سهم, مثلث, يمين
עברית	לחצן השמעה	הפעלה, השמעה, חץ, לחצן השמעה
فارسی	دکمهٔ پخش	پخش, پیکان, دکمه پخش, دکمهٔ پخش, راست, مثلث
हिन्दी	प्ले बटन	चलाएं बटन, त्रिकोण, त्रिभुज, दाहिना, प्ले बटन
বাংলা	প্লে বোতাম	চালানো, ডানদিক, তীর, ত্রিভুজ, প্লে ফরওয়ার্ড বোতাম, প্লে ফরোয়ার্ড বোতাম, প্লে বোতাম, ফরোয়ার্ড
Bahasa Indonesia	tombol putar	kanan, mainkan, panah, putar, segitiga, tombol
Tiếng Việt	nút phát	bên phải, mũi tên, nút phát, phát, tam giác
ไทย	เล่น	ขวา, ลูกศร, เล่น, สามเหลี่ยม
日本語	再生ボタン	プレイ, ボタン, 再生, 再生ボタン, 矢印
한국어	재생 버튼	삼각형, 오른쪽, 재생, 재생 버튼, 플레이, 화살표
中文（简体）	播放按钮	三角, 右, 向右, 播放, 播放按钮, 箭头
中文（繁體）	播放	右, 按鈕, 播放

Names in 101 more languages

Afrikaans	speelknoppie
Akan	bɔ bɔtom
Albanian	butoni i luajtjes
Amharic	የአጫውት አዝራር
Armenian	նվագարկել կոճակ
Assamese	পৰিৱেশন বুটাম
Azerbaijani	işə sal düyməsi
Bashkir	уйнау төймәһе
Basque	erreproduzitzeko botoia
Belarusian	кнопка «прайграць»
Bosnian	dugme za reprodukciju
Breton	bouton lenn
Bulgarian	бутон за пускане
Burmese	ဖွင့်ရန် ခလုတ်
Canadian French	bouton de lecture
Cantonese	播放按鈕
Cantonese (Simplified)	播放按钮
Catalan	botó de reproducció
Cherokee	ᏗᏁᏟᏙᏗ ᎦᏗ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)	播放按鈕
Chuvash	ӳкерчӗк
Croatian	tipka za reprodukciju
Czech	tlačítko přehrávání
Danish	afspilningsknap
Estonian	esitusnupp
European Portuguese	botão de reprodução
Faroese	spæl knappur
Filipino	button na i-play
Finnish	toista
Galician	botón de reprodución
Georgian	დაკვრის ღილაკი
Gujarati	ચલાવો બટન
Hausa	maɓallin kaɗa
Hungarian	lejátszás gomb
Icelandic	spilunartakki
Igbo	ọdụmbi kpọọ
Irish	cnaipe seinnte
Javanese	tombol main
Kalaallisut	afspilningsknap
Kannada	ಪ್ಲೇ ಬಟನ್
Kazakh	ойнату түймесі
Kazakh (Arabic)	ويناتۋ باتىرماسى
Khmer	ប៊ូតុងចាក់
Kinyarwanda	buto yo gukina
Konkani	वाजोवचें बटण
Kyrgyz	ойнотуу баскычы
Kʼicheʼ	pitz’b’al rech utzijil
Lao	ປຸ່ມຫຼິ້ນ
Latvian	poga Atskaņot
Lithuanian	paleisti
Lower Sorbian	tasta "wótgrawaj"
Luxembourgish	Ofspillknäppchen
Macedonian	копче за пуштање
Malay	butang main
Malayalam	പ്ലേ ബട്ടൺ
Maltese	il-buttuna aqra
Marathi	प्ले करा बटण
Mongolian	тоглуулах товчлуур
Māori	pātene purei
Nepali	बजाउने बटन
Nigerian Pidgin	Plé Bọ́tin
Northern Sotho	konope ya go bapala
Norwegian	avspillingsknapp
Norwegian Nynorsk	avspelingsknapp
Odia	ଚାଳନ ବଟନ୍‌
Oromo	qabduu taphadhuu
Pashto	د غږولو بټن
Punjabi	ਪਲੇ ਬਟਨ
Punjabi (Arabic)	کھیڈ دا بٹن
Quechua	purichiy ñitina
Romanian	buton de redare
Romansh	reproducziun
Sardinian	butone de riprodutzione
Scottish Gaelic	putan “Cluich”
Serbian	дугме за репродукцију
Serbian (Latin)	dugme za reprodukciju
Shan	ၼဵၼ်လဵၼ်ႈ
Sindhi	هلائڻ وارو بٽڻ
Sinhala	ධාවන බොත්තම
Slovak	tlačidlo prehrávania
Slovenian	gumb za predvajanje
Somali	badhanka cayaar
Spanish (United States)	botón de reproducción
Swahili	kitufe cha kucheza
Tajik	тугмаи "пахш"
Tamil	இயக்கு பட்டன்
Telugu	ప్లే చేయి బటన్
Tigrinya	መጻወቲ መልጎም
Tongan	meʻalolomi tā
Tswana	konopo ya tshameka
Turkmen	aýtdyr düwmesi
Upper Sorbian	tłóčatko "wohrawaj"
Urdu	چلانے کا بٹن
Uyghur	قويۇش كۇنۇپكىسى
Uzbek	ijro tugmasi
Welsh	botwm chwarae
Wolof	bitoŋu doxal
Xhosa	iqhosha lokudlala
Yoruba	bọ́tínì píílè
Yoruba (Benin)	bɔ́tínì píílè
Zulu	inkinobho yokudlala

Codes

Code points: U+25B6 U+FE0F
HTML: ▶️
CSS: \25B6\FE0F
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{25B6}\u{FE0F}
Python: \u25B6\uFE0F
UTF-8 bytes: E2 96 B6 EF B8 8F
UTF-16: 25B6 FE0F
URL encoded: %E2%96%B6%EF%B8%8F

Questions

What does the ▶️ play button emoji mean?

How do I type the ▶️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “play 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 :arrow_forward:.

When was the ▶️ emoji added?

▶️ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

What is the Unicode code point for ▶️?

U+25B6 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ▶️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{25B6}\u{FE0F}.