U+23EF "⏯" Black Right-Pointing Triangle with Double Vertical Bar Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+23EF "⏯" Black Right-Pointing Triangle with Double Vertical Bar is a typographic symbol that represents the combined functions of play and pause, commonly found on media players and streaming interfaces to indicate a toggle between playing and pausing content. Its design merges a rightward triangle, signifying play, with two vertical bars, the standard icon for pause, creating a single glyph for convenient user interaction. This character is part of the Miscellaneous Technical block in Unicode and serves as a standardized representation in digital text and software, ensuring consistent display across different platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+23EF |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Black Right-Pointing Triangle with Double 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 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x23EF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000023EF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u23ef |