emoji ▶︎ play button svg

▶︎” meaning: play button, right triangle Emoji

Copy and paste this emoji: ▶︎ Copy

  • 2.2+

    iOS ▶︎Minimum display requirements

  • 4.3+

    Android ▶︎Minimum display requirements

  • 8.0+

    Windows ▶︎Minimum display requirements

▶︎Meaning and Description

The "Play Button" emoji is designed as a right-pointing triangle, a shape that's universally recognized as a play button on media players.

The emoji universally symbolizes the actions 'play' or 'start', typically in the context of multimedia. It's frequently used to signify the commencement of a video or audio file, or kick-starting any process. Whether it's about starting a favorite song, your No.1 game, or a movie, the play button emoji is an easy, digital shorthand to convey the concepts of beginning.

On social media, the emoji takes on a variety of meanings. It's often used to signify the beginning of something or moving forward. You might see it in a post about someone starting a new project, symbolizing the initiation of their journey. Or perhaps in a tweet about a new video release, representing the action of pressing play to start watching.
💡Extended reading and popular science

The current ▶︎ is a variant Emoji (text style, displaying black and white symbols on some old platforms), and it has two corresponding Emojis: (basic Emoji without variant symbols) and ▶️ (emoji style, displaying colored symbols on most new platforms). ▶︎ (text style) = (base style) + text style


The meaning of emoji symbol ▶︎ is play button, it is related to arrow, play, right, triangle, it can be found in emoji category: "🛑 Symbols" - "⏏️ Audio & Video Symbol".

▶︎Examples and Usage

🔸 I have brought drinks 🥤 and popcorn 🍿, you should find the movie 🎬 and play it quickly▶︎!
🔸 All I have to do now is plug it in and play▶︎.
🔸 ▶︎ (25B6 FE0E) = (25B6) + text style (FE0E)

▶︎Basic Information

Emoji: ▶︎
Shortname: play button
Known as: Right Triangle
Codepoint: U+25B6 FE0E Copy
Shortcode: :arrow_forward: Copy
Decimal: ALT+9654 ALT+65038
Unicode Version: None
Emoji Version: None
Categories: 🛑 Symbols
Sub Categories: ⏏️ Audio & Video Symbol
Keywords: arrow | play | play button | right | triangle
Proposal: L2/07‑257, L2/09‑026

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