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Play button

  • triangle
  • right
  • play
  • button
U+25B6-FE0F

The play button emoji, officially named “play button”, is listed under Symbols in the EmojiAll dictionary. In everyday chat it usually comes up in messages about triangle, right and play. Its positivity score is 55 out of 100, which places it in the Neutral range.

Emoji copy and paste here also covers the code point and the HTML entity, which is what you want when Play button has to go into markup.

1. Play button emoji attributes

Symbol
▶️
Name
Play button
English name
play button
Unicode code point
U+25B6-FE0F
HTML entity
&#x25B6-FE0F;
Decimal
▶
Category
Symbols›Audio & Video
Keywords
triangle, right, play, button
Download image
Size
Background
512 × 512 PNG · transparent background

2. Play button emoji meaning

As a member of Audio & Video, the play button emoji shares that subgroup with 25 other symbols in Symbols. People reach for it when the topic is triangle, right and play. Adding one caption line keeps the tone friendly instead of abrupt.

In everyday chat, the play button (▶️) usually appears alongside words about triangle, right and play. A few words of text make the intent clearer than the symbol on its own.

3. Play button emoji sentiment

Neutral
55 / 100

Scored 55 out of 100, this emoji sits in the Neutral range. It neither lifts nor lowers the mood of a sentence.

A higher score means a more positive feeling; scores near 50 are neutral.

4. Play button emoji examples

  • 1Priority is top of the list ▶️
  • 2Reminder set for Monday ▶️
  • 3Added to the checklist ▶️

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