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 (emoji style, displaying colorful symbols on most new platforms), and it has two corresponding Emoji: (basic Emoji without variant symbols) and ▶︎ (text style, displaying black and white symbols on some old platforms). ▶️ (emoji style) = (base style) + emoji 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 FE0F) = (25B6) + emoji style (FE0F)

▶️Basic Information

Emoji: ▶️
Shortname: play button
Apple Name: right-pointing triangle
Known as: Right Triangle
Codepoint: U+25B6 FE0F Copy
Shortcode: :arrow_forward: Copy
Decimal: ALT+9654 ALT+65039
Unicode Version: None
Emoji Version: 1.0 (2015-06-09)
Categories: 🛑 Symbols
Sub Categories: ⏏️ Audio & Video Symbol
Keywords: arrow | play | play button | right | triangle
Proposal: L2/07‑257, L2/09‑026

👨‍💻Unicode Information (Advanced Usage)

▶️Trend Chart

▶️Popularity rating over time

▶️ Trend Chart (U+25B6 FE0F) - emojiall.com 100 75 50 25 0 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 ▶️ www.emojiall.comemojiall.com
Date Range: 2019-03-10 - 2024-03-10
Update Time: 2024-03-16 17:18:11 UTC
▶️and in the last five years, the popularity of this emoji has undergone several large changes.In 2021-09, its popularity showed the biggest increase.In 2017 and 2019, the trend of its popularity converge.

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