U+23EE "⏮" Black Left-Pointing Double Triangle with Vertical Bar Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⏮
U+23EE "⏮" Black Left-Pointing Double Triangle with Vertical Bar is a media control symbol typically used to represent a "skip to previous track" or "go to start" function in audio and video playback interfaces. It combines two left-pointing triangles, which indicate moving backward, with a vertical bar that signifies a stop or boundary, often implying a return to the beginning of the current track or the previous item in a playlist. This character is part of the Miscellaneous Technical block in Unicode and is commonly found in software, media players, and remote control interfaces for its clear, intuitive meaning in navigation contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+23EE |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Black Left-Pointing Double Triangle with Vertical Bar |
| Block | Miscellaneous Technical |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⏮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⏮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x8F 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x23EE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000023EE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u23ee |