# 🔅 Dim button emoji

🔅 Dim button is an emoji in the audio and video symbols set of Symbols. It was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Related words: brightness and low.

- Emoji: 🔅
- Unicode name: dim button
- Code points: U+1F505
- Category: Symbols, Audio and video symbols
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- GitHub shortcode: :low_brightness:
- Keywords: brightness, button, dim, low
- Page: https://emojichart.com/dim-button-emoji

## What it means

A small sun with short rays, the symbol for low brightness on screens and lights. People use it for dimming a display or a lamp, turning brightness down, and talking about low light settings.

## How to type 🔅

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “dim button”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “dim button”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “dim button”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “dim button”.
- GitHub: Type :low_brightness: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | brillo bajo | bajo, brillo, señal de brillo bajo, tenue |
| Français (fr) | luminosité faible | brillance, lumière, luminosité, luminosité faible, soleil |
| Deutsch (de) | Taste Dimmen | dimmen, gedimmt, Helligkeit, schwache Helligkeit, Schwache Helligkeit, Taste Dimmen |
| Italiano (it) | luminosità bassa | bassa, faretto, faro, luce, luminosità, simbolo luminosità, sole, tenue |
| Português (pt) | botão de diminuir brilho | botão de diminuir brilho, brilho, diminuir, escurecer, símbolo para reduzir brilho |
| Nederlands (nl) | knop voor lagere helderheid | dimmen, helderheid, knop voor lagere helderheid, laag |
| Svenska (sv) | låg ljusstyrka | låg, ljusstyrka |
| Polski (pl) | przycisk małej jasności | jasność, mała, niska, przyciemnić, przycisk małej jasności, słońce |
| Türkçe (tr) | düşük parlaklık | düşük, düşük parlaklık işareti, karanlık, parlaklık |
| Русский (ru) | низкая яркость | низкая яркость, низкий, солнышко, темно, уровень, яркость |
| Українська (uk) | кнопка зменшення яскравості | жовтий, зменшити, кнопка зменшення яскравості, сонце, яскравий, яскравість, яскраво |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κουμπί μείωσης φωτισμού | κουμπί μείωσης φωτισμού, φωτεινότητα, φωτισμός, χαμηλός |
| العربية (ar) | زر سطوع منخفض | اقل سطوع, رمز, زر, سطوع, معتم, منخفض |
| עברית (he) | לחצן עמעום תאורה | בהירות, לחצן עמעום תאורה, עמעום תאורה |
| فارسی (fa) | دکمهٔ تار کردن صفحه | پایین, تار کردن, تار کردن صفحه, دکمهٔ تار کردن صفحه, روشنایی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | मंद चमक | कम, कम चमक का चिह्न, चमक, मंद |
| বাংলা (bn) | অনুজ্জ্বল বোতাম | অনুজ্জ্বল বোতাম, অস্পষ্ট, উজ্জ্বলতা, কম, কম আলো |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tombol redupkan | kecerahan, redup, rendah, tombol |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | nút mờ | độ sáng, mờ, nút mờ, thấp |
| ไทย (th) | แสงสว่างน้อย | ความสว่าง, แสงสว่างน้อย |
| 日本語 (ja) | 低輝度 | ブライトネス, 低輝度, 明るさ, 暗い, 輝度 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 밝기 낮음 | 낮은 밝기, 밝기, 밝기 낮음, 밝기 조절, 밝기 조절 버튼, 어두움, 어두움 표시 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 低亮度按钮 | 亮度, 低, 低亮度, 低亮度按钮, 昏暗, 暗 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 低亮度 | 低亮度, 微亮 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): verdofknoppie
- Akan (ak): kusuu bɔtom
- Albanian (sq): butoni i zbehjes
- Amharic (am): አጨልም አዝራር
- Armenian (hy): մթեցնելու կոճակ
- Assamese (as): অনুজ্জ্বল বুটাম
- Azerbaijani (az): tutqunluq düyməsi
- Bashkir (ba): тоноҡ төймәһе
- Basque (eu): argitasuna ahultzeko botoia
- Belarusian (be): кнопка змяншэння яркасці
- Bosnian (bs): dugme zatamni
- Bulgarian (bg): бутон за ниска яркост
- Burmese (my): မှိန်စေရန် ခလုတ်
- Cantonese (yue): 較暗按鈕
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 较暗按钮
- Catalan (ca): botó d’atenuar la brillantor
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎪᎸᏓ ᎦᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): лутра ҫутӑ
- Croatian (hr): tipka za smanjivanje svjetline
- Czech (cs): tlačítko ztlumení jasu
- Danish (da): lav lysstyrke
- Estonian (et): tuhmistamisnupp
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): botão de escurecer
- Faroese (fo): dimma knappur
- Filipino (fil): button na diliman
- Finnish (fi): himmennä
- Galician (gl): botón de diminuír o brillo
- Georgian (ka): გამქრქალების ღილაკი
- Gujarati (gu): ઓછી ચમકનું બટન
- Hausa (ha): maɓallin dushe
- Hungarian (hu): sötétítés gomb
- Icelandic (is): lítil birta
- Igbo (ig): ọdụmbi ọyụnyụ
- Irish (ga): cnaipe íslithe
- Javanese (jv): tombol lamat-lamat
- Kalaallisut (kl): lav lysstyrke
- Kannada (kn): ಕಡಿಮೆ ಹೊಳಪಿನ ಬಟನ್
- Kazakh (kk): күңгірттеу түймесі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كۇڭگىرتتەۋ باتىرماسى
- Khmer (km): ភ្លឺខ្សោយ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): buto yo kugabanya urumuri
- Konkani (kok): मंद बटण
- Kyrgyz (ky): бүдөмүктөтүү баскычы
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Ub’antajik Pitz’b’al
- Lao (lo): ປຸ່ມປັບໃຫ້ມືດລົງ
- Latvian (lv): samazināt spilgtumu
- Lithuanian (lt): užtemdymo mygtukas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): tasta "śamnej"
- Luxembourgish (lb): Dimmerknäppchen
- Macedonian (mk): копче за затемнување
- Malay (ms): butang malap
- Malayalam (ml): കുറഞ്ഞ തെളിച്ചത്തിനുള്ള ബട്ടൺ
- Maltese (mt): buttuna dim
- Marathi (mr): मंद बटण
- Mexican Spanish (es-MX): reducir brillo
- Mongolian (mn): бүдгэрүүлэх товчлуур
- Māori (mi): pātene whakakaurehu
- Nepali (ne): मधुरो बटन
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Dim Bọ́tin
- Northern Sotho (nso): konope ya go tima
- Norwegian (no): lite lys-knapp
- Odia (or): କ୍ଷୀଣ ବଟନ୍‌
- Oromo (om): qabduu dimimmisaa
- Pashto (ps): تته بټن
- Punjabi (pa): ਘੱਟ ਚਮਕ ਬਟਨ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): دھندلا بٹن
- Quechua (qu): lliphiy ñitina
- Romanian (ro): buton de scădere a luminozității
- Romansh (rm): buttun stgirentar
- Sardinian (sc): butone de luminosidade bassa
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): putan doilleireachaidh
- Serbian (sr): дугме за затамњивање
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): dugme za zatamnjivanje
- Shan (shn): ၼဵၼ်လပ်းသိင်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): ڊم ڪرڻ وارو بٽڻ
- Sinhala (si): අඳුරු කිරීමේ බොත්තම
- Slovak (sk): tlačidlo stlmenia jasu
- Slovenian (sl): gumb za zatemnitev
- Somali (so): daciif
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): botón brillo bajo
- Swahili (sw): kitufe cha kufifiza mwanga
- Swahili (Kenya) (sw-KE): kitufe cha kufifisha mwanga
- Tajik (tg): тугмаи "Камнуршавӣ"
- Tamil (ta): மங்கல் பட்டன்
- Telugu (te): తక్కువ ప్రకాశం బటన్
- Tigrinya (ti): መደበኒ መልጎም
- Tongan (to): meʻalolomi fakapōpōʻuli
- Tswana (tn): konopo ya fokotsa lesedi
- Turkmen (tk): öçügsi düwmesi
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): tłóčatko "ćěmnišo"
- Urdu (ur): دھیما کا بٹن
- Uyghur (ug): غۇۋالىق كۇنۇپكىسى
- Uzbek (uz): xiralik tugmasi
- Welsh (cy): botwm pylu
- Wolof (wo): bitoŋu lëndëm
- Xhosa (xh): iqhosha lobumfiliba
- Yoruba (yo): bọtini baibai
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): bɔtini baibai
- Zulu (zu): inkinobho kadimu

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F505` |
| HTML | `🔅` |
| CSS | `\1F505` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F505}` |
| Python | `\U0001F505` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 94 85` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DD05` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%94%85` |

## Questions

### What does the 🔅 dim button emoji mean?

A small sun with short rays, the symbol for low brightness on screens and lights. People use it for dimming a display or a lamp, turning brightness down, and talking about low light settings.

### How do I type the 🔅 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “dim button”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :low_brightness:.

### When was the 🔅 emoji added?

🔅 was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🔅?

U+1F505. In HTML you can write 🔅, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F505}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/dim-button-emoji