# ▶️ Play button emoji

▶️ Play button is an emoji in the audio and video symbols set of Symbols. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: arrow, right and triangle.

- Emoji: ▶️
- Unicode name: play button
- Code points: U+25B6 U+FE0F
- Category: Symbols, Audio and video symbols
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :arrow_forward:
- Keywords: arrow, button, play, right, triangle
- Page: https://emojichart.com/play-button-emoji

## What it means

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.

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

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): speelknoppie
- Akan (ak): bɔ bɔtom
- Albanian (sq): butoni i luajtjes
- Amharic (am): የአጫውት አዝራር
- Armenian (hy): նվագարկել կոճակ
- Assamese (as): পৰিৱেশন বুটাম
- Azerbaijani (az): işə sal düyməsi
- Bashkir (ba): уйнау төймәһе
- Basque (eu): erreproduzitzeko botoia
- Belarusian (be): кнопка «прайграць»
- Bosnian (bs): dugme za reprodukciju
- Breton (br): bouton lenn
- Bulgarian (bg): бутон за пускане
- Burmese (my): ဖွင့်ရန် ခလုတ်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): bouton de lecture
- Cantonese (yue): 播放按鈕
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 播放按钮
- Catalan (ca): botó de reproducció
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᏁᏟᏙᏗ ᎦᏗ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 播放按鈕
- Chuvash (cv): ӳкерчӗк
- Croatian (hr): tipka za reprodukciju
- Czech (cs): tlačítko přehrávání
- Danish (da): afspilningsknap
- Estonian (et): esitusnupp
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): botão de reprodução
- Faroese (fo): spæl knappur
- Filipino (fil): button na i-play
- Finnish (fi): toista
- Galician (gl): botón de reprodución
- Georgian (ka): დაკვრის ღილაკი
- Gujarati (gu): ચલાવો બટન
- Hausa (ha): maɓallin kaɗa
- Hungarian (hu): lejátszás gomb
- Icelandic (is): spilunartakki
- Igbo (ig): ọdụmbi kpọọ
- Irish (ga): cnaipe seinnte
- Javanese (jv): tombol main
- Kalaallisut (kl): afspilningsknap
- Kannada (kn): ಪ್ಲೇ ಬಟನ್
- Kazakh (kk): ойнату түймесі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ويناتۋ باتىرماسى
- Khmer (km): ប៊ូតុងចាក់
- Kinyarwanda (rw): buto yo gukina
- Konkani (kok): वाजोवचें बटण
- Kyrgyz (ky): ойнотуу баскычы
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): pitz’b’al rech utzijil
- Lao (lo): ປຸ່ມຫຼິ້ນ
- Latvian (lv): poga Atskaņot
- Lithuanian (lt): paleisti
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): tasta "wótgrawaj"
- Luxembourgish (lb): Ofspillknäppchen
- Macedonian (mk): копче за пуштање
- Malay (ms): butang main
- Malayalam (ml): പ്ലേ ബട്ടൺ
- Maltese (mt): il-buttuna aqra
- Marathi (mr): प्ले करा बटण
- Mongolian (mn): тоглуулах товчлуур
- Māori (mi): pātene purei
- Nepali (ne): बजाउने बटन
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Plé Bọ́tin
- Northern Sotho (nso): konope ya go bapala
- Norwegian (no): avspillingsknapp
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): avspelingsknapp
- Odia (or): ଚାଳନ ବଟନ୍‌
- Oromo (om): qabduu taphadhuu
- Pashto (ps): د غږولو بټن
- Punjabi (pa): ਪਲੇ ਬਟਨ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): کھیڈ دا بٹن
- Quechua (qu): purichiy ñitina
- Romanian (ro): buton de redare
- Romansh (rm): reproducziun
- Sardinian (sc): butone de riprodutzione
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): putan “Cluich”
- Serbian (sr): дугме за репродукцију
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): dugme za reprodukciju
- Shan (shn): ၼဵၼ်လဵၼ်ႈ
- Sindhi (sd): هلائڻ وارو بٽڻ
- Sinhala (si): ධාවන බොත්තම
- Slovak (sk): tlačidlo prehrávania
- Slovenian (sl): gumb za predvajanje
- Somali (so): badhanka cayaar
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): botón de reproducción
- Swahili (sw): kitufe cha kucheza
- Tajik (tg): тугмаи "пахш"
- Tamil (ta): இயக்கு பட்டன்
- Telugu (te): ప్లే చేయి బటన్
- Tigrinya (ti): መጻወቲ መልጎም
- Tongan (to): meʻalolomi tā
- Tswana (tn): konopo ya tshameka
- Turkmen (tk): aýtdyr düwmesi
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): tłóčatko "wohrawaj"
- Urdu (ur): چلانے کا بٹن
- Uyghur (ug): قويۇش كۇنۇپكىسى
- Uzbek (uz): ijro tugmasi
- Welsh (cy): botwm chwarae
- Wolof (wo): bitoŋu doxal
- Xhosa (xh): iqhosha lokudlala
- Yoruba (yo): bọ́tínì píílè
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): bɔ́tínì píílè
- Zulu (zu): inkinobho yokudlala

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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?

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.

### 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}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/play-button-emoji