What does ▶️ mean?
Play button: start a video or music, 'watch this', 'continue'.
Its official Unicode name is BLACK RIGHT-POINTING TRIANGLE and its CLDR short name is "play button" (in Hungarian: "lejátszás gomb"). It belongs to the Symbols group and was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- arrow
- button
- play
- right
- triangle
In Hungarian: jobbra nyíl, lejátszás, nyíl
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws ▶️ in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+25B6 U+FE0F. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
The trailing U+FE0F (emoji variation selector) asks the system to draw a colour emoji instead of a black-and-white text symbol. It is included when you copy it from here.
Technical details
- Official name
- BLACK RIGHT-POINTING TRIANGLE
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- lejátszás gomb
- English name (CLDR)
- play button
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Symbols · av symbol
- Length
- 2 code points · 6 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :arrow_forward:
Related emojis
- Shuffle tracks button
- Repeat button
- Repeat single button
- Fast-forward button
- Next track button
- Play or pause button
- Reverse button
- Fast reverse button
Frequently asked questions
What does the ▶️ emoji mean?
Play button: start a video or music, 'watch this', 'continue'.
How do I type the ▶️ emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "arrow".
When was the ▶️ emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.