A blue button with a play media button pointing to the right. Play button. Blue Square Button Play.
Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
The code generated for this emoji was changed slightly in iOS 7 / OSX 10.9 (a variation selector was added) advising the OS to display character emoji style instead of black and white text when available. We don't mind Apple, thank you! We just love our emojis! [Sources 11438-emoji-var.pdf 13.7 Variation Selectors (unicode.org)]
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
578 of 2393
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ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
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Keywords
Previous Names:
Black Right-Pointing Triangle
Right Pointing Triangle (Play Button)
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Geometric Shapes
Unicode Range
25A0–25FF
Unicode Subcategory
Geometric Shapes
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Names & Annotations
BLACK RIGHT-POINTING TRIANGLE = ARIB-9248 Temporary Notes: Play
Symbol Information
▶ U+25B6 unified (Unicode 1.1)
Proposal Identifier
e-AFC
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[>]
KDDI
#6 右向き三角１ 「右向ki三角１」 U+E52E SJIS-F74A JIS-772B
Softbank
#385 #old238 次へ 「次he」 U+E23A SJIS-F7DA
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
Decimal HTML Entity

Hexadecimal HTML Entity

Hex Code Point(s)
e23a
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E23A
Decimal Code Point(s)
57914
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x88 0xBA
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 88 BA
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 210 272
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE23A
UTF-16 Hex
e23a
UTF-16 Dec
57914
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E23A
UTF-32 Hex
E23A
UTF-32 Dec
57914
Python Src
u"\uE23A"
PHP Src
"\xee\x88\xba"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE23A"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
▶
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
▶
Decimal HTML Entity
▶
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
▶
Hex Code Point(s)
25b6
Formal Unicode Notation
U+25B6
Decimal Code Point(s)
9654
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x96 0xB6
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 96 B6
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 226 266
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x25B6
UTF-16 Hex
25b6
UTF-16 Dec
9654
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x000025B6
UTF-32 Hex
25B6
UTF-32 Dec
9654
Python Src
u"\u25B6"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x96\xb6"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u25B6"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 7 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
▶️
UTF-8 Character Count
2
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
▶️
Decimal HTML Entity
▶ ️
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
▶ ️
Hex Code Point(s)
25b6, fe0f
Formal Unicode Notation
U+25B6, U+FE0F
Decimal Code Point(s)
9654, 65039
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x96 0xB6, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 96 B6, EF B8 8F
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 226 266, 357 270 217
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x25B6, 0xFE0F
UTF-16 Hex
25b6, fe0f
UTF-16 Dec
9654, 65039
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x000025B6 0x0000FE0F
UTF-32 Hex
25B6, FE0F
UTF-32 Dec
9654, 65039
Python Src
u"\u25B6\uFE0F"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x96\xb6\xef\xb8\x8f"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u25B6\uFE0F"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
