| Symbol Name | Play Or Pause Button |
| Unicode Version | 1.0 |
| Unicode | U+23EF |
| Unicode block | |
| General category | Emoji (So) |
| CSS Code | \23EF |
| Hex Code | 0x23EF |
| HTML Code | ⏯️ |
| LaTeX | LuaLaTeX/XeLaTeX: literal grapheme cluster or \usepackage{emoji} (engine-dependent) |
| Symbol | ⏯️ |
| URL encode (UTF-8 percent) | %E2%8F%AF%EF%B8%8F |
| Discord / Slack shortcode | :play_pause: |
| GitHub shortcode | :play_pause: |
| Spoken / screen reader name | Play Or Pause Button |
| UTF-8 | E2 8F AF EF B8 8F |
| UTF-16 | 23EF FE0F |
| UTF-32 | 000023EF 0000FE0F |
1\documentclass{article}2\usepackage{pifont}3LuaLaTeX/XeLaTeX: literal grapheme cluster or \usepackage{emoji} (engine-dependent)4\end{document}You can type the play or 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 "play or pause button".
Emoji picker (IBus, GNOME Characters) or paste from this page.
Emoji keyboard → Symbols, or search "play or pause button".
Emoji keyboard → Symbols; search "play or pause button".
1span.play-or-pause-button::before { content: "\23EF"; } /* prefer inline grapheme for ZWJ */1<span>⏯️</span>Play Or Pause Button symbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in the table below:
| Language | Representation |
|---|---|
| JavaScript / TypeScript | String.fromCodePoint(0x23EF, 0xFE0F) |
| Python | '\N{PLAY OR PAUSE BUTTON}' |
| Rust | '\u{23EF}' |
| Swift | "\u{23EF}" |
| Go | string(rune(0x23EF)) |
| Ruby | "\u{23EF}" |