The fast-forward button is the universal “skip to the good part” symbol: two right-pointing triangles that scream next, next, next. It’s perfect for texting your impatience—like when a friend’s story has three prequels and zero plot—or for asking the universe to just FF to Friday. Online, it vibes with TL;DR energy, speedrun jokes, and those TikTok edits where the boring setup vanishes in a jump cut. It’s also a sly way to say “let’s move on” in group chats without typing a dissertation.
On Apple devices, it usually appears as two crisp white triangles pointing right, centered on a glossy blue rounded square—clean, minimal, and instantly remote-control-coded. The look taps into VCR/DVD nostalgia, reminding people of smashing >> on old remotes, or modern instincts like double-tapping the right side of a YouTube video to jump ahead. You’ll see it used sarcastically during drama dumps, flirtatiously to “skip to the kiss scene,” or dramatically when someone begs to bypass Monday. Think: binge-watch mode, Spotify next-track energy, and that eternal Netflix “skip intro” urge distilled into a tiny, decisive icon.
Definition
Blue button with a media fast-forward logo on it. Double Play icon pointing to the right. iEmoji old name: Blue Square Button Fast Forward.
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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.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
871 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:fast_forward:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Black Right-Pointing Double Triangle
Right-Pointing Double Triangle
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Technical
Unicode Range
2300–23FF
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Names & Annotations
BLACK RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE TRIANGLE = fast forward
Symbol Information
U+23E9 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-AFE
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[>>]
KDDI
#8 右向き三角２ 「右向ki三角２」 U+E530 SJIS-F74C JIS-772D
Softbank
#387 #old240 早送り 「早送ri」 U+E23C SJIS-F7DC
Emoji Character Encoding Data
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)
23e9
Formal Unicode Notation
U+23E9
Decimal Code Point(s)
9193
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x8F 0xA9
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 8F A9
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 217 251
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x23E9
UTF-16 Hex
23e9
UTF-16 Dec
9193
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x000023E9
UTF-32 Hex
23E9
UTF-32 Dec
9193
Python Src
u"\u23E9"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x8f\xa9"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u23E9"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 18 - 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)
23e9, fe0f
Formal Unicode Notation
U+23E9, U+FE0F
Decimal Code Point(s)
9193, 65039
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x8F 0xA9, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 8F A9, EF B8 8F
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 217 251, 357 270 217
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x23E9, 0xFE0F
UTF-16 Hex
23e9, fe0f
UTF-16 Dec
9193, 65039
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x000023E9 0x0000FE0F
UTF-32 Hex
23E9, FE0F
UTF-32 Dec
9193, 65039
Python Src
u"\u23E9\uFE0F"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x8f\xa9\xef\xb8\x8f"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u23E9\uFE0F"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
