| Symbol Name | Pause Button |
| Unicode Version | 0.7 |
| Unicode | U+23F8 |
| Unicode block | |
| General category | Emoji (So) |
| CSS Code | \23F8 |
| Hex Code | 0x23F8 |
| HTML Code | ⏸️ |
| LaTeX | LuaLaTeX/XeLaTeX: literal grapheme cluster or \usepackage{emoji} (engine-dependent) |
| Symbol | ⏸️ |
| URL encode (UTF-8 percent) | %E2%8F%B8%EF%B8%8F |
| Spoken / screen reader name | Pause Button |
| UTF-8 | E2 8F B8 EF B8 8F |
| UTF-16 | 23F8 FE0F |
| UTF-32 | 000023F8 0000FE0F |
1\documentclass{article}2\usepackage{pifont}3LuaLaTeX/XeLaTeX: literal grapheme cluster or \usepackage{emoji} (engine-dependent)4\end{document}You can type the pause button symbol on most modern devices with the help of following methods:
Windows: Win + . ; macOS: Ctrl + Cmd + Space; mobile: Symbols & Signs in emoji keyboard.
Edit → Emoji & Symbols, search "pause button".
Emoji picker (IBus, GNOME Characters) or paste from this page.
Emoji keyboard → Symbols, or search "pause button".
Emoji keyboard → Symbols; search "pause button".
1span.pause-button::before { content: "\23F8"; } /* prefer inline grapheme for ZWJ */1<span>⏸️</span>Pause Button symbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in the table below:
| Language | Representation |
|---|---|
| JavaScript / TypeScript | String.fromCodePoint(0x23F8, 0xFE0F) |
| Python | '\N{PAUSE BUTTON}' |
| Rust | '\u{23F8}' |
| Swift | "\u{23F8}" |
| Go | string(rune(0x23F8)) |
| Ruby | "\u{23F8}" |