# ⏹️ Stop button emoji

⏹️ Stop button is an emoji in the audio and video symbols set of Symbols. It was added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014. Related words: square.

- Emoji: ⏹️
- Unicode name: stop button
- Code points: U+23F9 U+FE0F
- Category: Symbols, Audio and video symbols
- Added: Emoji 0.7 (2014)
- GitHub shortcode: :stop_button:
- Keywords: button, square, stop
- Page: https://emojichart.com/stop-button-emoji

## What it means

A solid square, the stop button on media players. It is used for stopping a video, song or recording, and in messages to halt, end or shut down something completely.

## How to type ⏹️

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | detener | botón, cuadrado, detener, parar |
| Français (fr) | bouton stop | bouton stop, carré, stop |
| Deutsch (de) | Stopp | Aufnahme stoppen, keycap, Quadrat, Stopp, Tastenkappe |
| Italiano (it) | pulsante stop | pulsante, quadrato, stop |
| Português (pt) | botão parar | botão parar, parar, quadrado, stop |
| Nederlands (nl) | knop voor stoppen | knop voor stoppen, stoppen, vierkant |
| Svenska (sv) | stoppknapp | knapp, knapp för stoppa, stopp, stoppknapp |
| Polski (pl) | zatrzymaj | kwadrat, przycisk, stop, zatrzymaj |
| Türkçe (tr) | durdurma düğmesi | durdur, durdurma düğmesi, kare |
| Русский (ru) | стоп | кнопка, остановить, остановка, стоп |
| Українська (uk) | кнопка стоп | зупинити, квадрат, кнопка «Припинити», кнопка стоп, припинити |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κουμπί διακοπής | διακοπή, κουμπί διακοπής, σταμάτημα, τετράγωνο |
| العربية (ar) | زر إيقاف | إيقاف, زر, مربع |
| עברית (he) | לחצן עצירה | הפסקה, לחצן עצירה, לעצור, עצירה, ריבוע |
| فارسی (fa) | دکمهٔ توقف | توقف, دکمه توقف, دکمهٔ توقف, مربع |
| हिन्दी (hi) | रोकें बटन | रोकें, रोकें बटन, वर्ग |
| বাংলা (bn) | বন্ধ বোতাম | বন্ধ, বন্ধ বোতাম, বর্গাকার, বর্গাকার বন্ধ করার বোতাম |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tombol berhenti | berhenti, kotak, persegi, tombol |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | nút dừng | dừng, hình vuông, nút dừng |
| ไทย (th) | ปุ่มหยุด | ปุ่มหยุด, สี่เหลี่ยม, หยุด |
| 日本語 (ja) | 停止ボタン | ストップ, ボタン, 停止, 停止ボタン, 四角 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 정지 버튼 | 사각형, 정지, 정지 버튼, 중단, 중지 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 停止按钮 | 停止, 停止按钮, 方形, 正方形, 终止 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 停止播放 | 停止, 停止播放, 按鈕, 方塊 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): stopknoppie
- Akan (ak): gyae bɔtom
- Albanian (sq): butoni i ndalimit
- Amharic (am): አቁም አዝራር
- Armenian (hy): կանգ կոճակ
- Assamese (as): ৰখোৱা বুটাম
- Azerbaijani (az): dayandır düyməsi
- Bashkir (ba): туҡтатыу төймәһе
- Basque (eu): gelditzeko botoia
- Belarusian (be): кнопка «спыніць»
- Bosnian (bs): dugme zaustavi
- Bulgarian (bg): бутон за стоп
- Burmese (my): ရပ်တန့် ခလုတ်
- Cantonese (yue): 停止按鈕
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 停止按钮
- Catalan (ca): botó d’aturada
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᎴᏫᏍᏙᏗ ᎦᏗ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 停止按鈕
- Chuvash (cv): çитет
- Croatian (hr): tipka za zaustavljanje
- Czech (cs): tlačítko zastavení
- Danish (da): stopknap
- Estonian (et): peatamisnupp
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): botão de paragem
- Faroese (fo): steðgiknappur
- Filipino (fil): button na itigil
- Finnish (fi): lopeta
- Galician (gl): botón de parada
- Georgian (ka): შეჩერების ღილაკი
- Gujarati (gu): રોકો બટન
- Hausa (ha): maɓallin tsaya
- Hungarian (hu): leállítás gomb
- Icelandic (is): stopptakki
- Igbo (ig): kwụsị ọdụmbi
- Irish (ga): cnaipe stop
- Javanese (jv): tombol mati
- Kalaallisut (kl): stopknap
- Kannada (kn): ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸುವ ಬಟನ್
- Kazakh (kk): тоқтату түймесі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): توقتاتۋ باتىرماسى
- Khmer (km): ប៊ូតុងបញ្ឈប់
- Kinyarwanda (rw): buto yo guhagarika
- Konkani (kok): थांबोवप बटण
- Kyrgyz (ky): токтотуу баскычы
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): pitz’b’al rech uq’atexik
- Lao (lo): ປຸ່ມຢຸດ
- Latvian (lv): poga Pārtraukt
- Lithuanian (lt): sustabdymo mygtukas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): tasta "stop"
- Luxembourgish (lb): Stoppknäppchen
- Macedonian (mk): копче за стоп
- Malay (ms): butang henti
- Malayalam (ml): നിർത്തുക ബട്ടൺ
- Maltese (mt): buttuna waqqaf
- Marathi (mr): थांबवा बटण
- Mongolian (mn): зогсоох товчлур
- Māori (mi): pātene tū
- Nepali (ne): रोक्ने बटन
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Stọ́p Bọ́tin
- Northern Sotho (nso): konope ya go emiša
- Norwegian (no): stopp-knapp
- Odia (or): ସ୍ଥଗିତ ବଟନ୍‌
- Oromo (om): qabduu dhaabii
- Pashto (ps): د درولو بټن
- Punjabi (pa): ਮੁਕੰਮਲ ਤੌਰ ‘ਤੇ ਰੋਕਣ ਲਈ ਬਟਨ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): روکن دا بٹن
- Quechua (qu): tatichiy ñitina
- Romanian (ro): buton de oprire
- Romansh (rm): buttun per fermar
- Sardinian (sc): butone de firmada
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): putan “Cuir stad air”
- Serbian (sr): дугме за заустављање
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): dugme za zaustavljanje
- Shan (shn): ၼဵၼ်ၵိုတ်း
- Sindhi (sd): بند ڪرڻ وارو بٽڻ
- Sinhala (si): නැවැත්වීමේ බොත්තම
- Slovak (sk): tlačidlo zastavenia
- Slovenian (sl): gumb za ustavitev
- Somali (so): badhanka joojinta
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): botón detener
- Swahili (sw): kitufe cha kusimamisha
- Tajik (tg): тугмаи "Ист"
- Tamil (ta): நிறுத்து பட்டன்
- Telugu (te): ఆపివేయి బటన్
- Tigrinya (ti): መጥፍኢ መልጎም
- Tongan (to): meʻalolomi taʻofi
- Tswana (tn): konopo ya go emisa
- Turkmen (tk): sakla düwmesi
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): tłóčatko "stop"
- Urdu (ur): روکنے کا بٹن
- Uyghur (ug): توختاش كۇنۇپكىسى
- Uzbek (uz): to‘xtatish tugmasi
- Welsh (cy): botwm stop
- Wolof (wo): bitoŋu dakkal
- Xhosa (xh): iqhosha lokumisa
- Yoruba (yo): bọ́tínì ìdànudúró
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): bɔ́tínì ìdànudúró
- Zulu (zu): inkinobho yokumisa

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+23F9 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `⏹️` |
| CSS | `\23F9\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{23F9}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\u23F9\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 8F B9 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `23F9 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%8F%B9%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the ⏹️ stop button emoji mean?

A solid square, the stop button on media players. It is used for stopping a video, song or recording, and in messages to halt, end or shut down something completely.

### How do I type the ⏹️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “stop 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 :stop_button:.

### When was the ⏹️ emoji added?

⏹️ was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014.

### What is the Unicode code point for ⏹️?

U+23F9 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ⏹️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{23F9}\u{FE0F}.

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