# ⏸️ Pause button emoji

⏸️ Pause button is an emoji in the audio and video symbols set of Symbols. It was added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014. Related words: bar, double and vertical.

- Emoji: ⏸️
- Unicode name: pause button
- Code points: U+23F8 U+FE0F
- Category: Symbols, Audio and video symbols
- Added: Emoji 0.7 (2014)
- GitHub shortcode: :pause_button:
- Keywords: bar, button, double, pause, vertical
- Page: https://emojichart.com/pause-button-emoji

## What it means

Two short vertical bars side by side, the pause button on media players. People use it to pause a video or song, to put something on hold, and to say they are taking a break or need a moment.

## How to type ⏸️

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | pausa | barras, botón, pausa, vertical |
| Français (fr) | bouton pause | bouton pause, pause |
| Deutsch (de) | Pause | keycap, Pause, Streifen, Tastenkappe, vertikal |
| Italiano (it) | pulsante pausa | in pausa, mettere in pausa, pausa, pulsante |
| Português (pt) | botão pausar | barra, botão pausar, dupla, pausado, pausar, pause, vertical |
| Nederlands (nl) | pauzeknop | dubbel, knop, pauze, streep, verticaal |
| Svenska (sv) | pausknapp | knapp, knapp för pausa, paus, pausknapp |
| Polski (pl) | pauza | dwie, pauza, pionowe kreski, przycisk, wstrzymaj |
| Türkçe (tr) | duraklatma düğmesi | çift çizgi, çubuk, dikey, duraklatma, duraklatma düğmesi |
| Русский (ru) | пауза | две черты, кнопка, кнопка паузы, остановить, пауза, стоп |
| Українська (uk) | кнопка паузи | вертикальна, дві, кнопка «Призупинити», кнопка паузи, лінія, пауза |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κουμπί παύσης | γραμμή, διπλή, κάθετη, κουμπί παύσης, παύση |
| العربية (ar) | زر إيقاف مؤقت | زر إيقاف مؤقت, شريط, ضعف, متوازٍ, وقف |
| עברית (he) | לחצן השהייה | הפסק, השהה, השהייה, עצור |
| فارسی (fa) | دکمهٔ مکث | دکمه مکث, دکمهٔ مکث, دوتایی, عمودی, مکث, نوار |
| हिन्दी (hi) | पॉज़ बटन | दोहरा, पॉज़ बटन, बार, रोकें, रोकें बटन, लंबवत, स्थिर बटन |
| বাংলা (bn) | বিরতি বোতাম | উল্লম্ব, দ্বিগুণ, পজ করার বোতাম, বার, বিরতি, বিরতি বোতাম |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tombol jeda | batang, dobel, dua kali, jeda, tombol, vertikal |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | nút tạm dừng | dọc, kép, nút tạm dừng, tạm dừng, thanh |
| ไทย (th) | ปุ่มหยุุดชั่วคราว | แนวตั้ง, ปุ่ม, ปุ่มหยุุดชั่วคราว, หยุดชั่วคราว |
| 日本語 (ja) | 一時停止ボタン | ポーズ, ボタン, 一時停止, 一時停止ボタン |
| 한국어 (ko) | 일시 정지 버튼 | 더블, 일시 정지, 일시 정지 버튼, 정지 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 暂停按钮 | 停止, 双条形, 暂停, 暂停按钮 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 暫停 | 按鈕, 暫停, 暫停鈕 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): onderbreekknoppie
- Akan (ak): gyina bɔtom
- Albanian (sq): butoni i pauzës
- Amharic (am): ላፍታ ግታ አዝራር
- Armenian (hy): դադարի կոճակ
- Assamese (as): বিৰতি বুটাম
- Azerbaijani (az): fasilə et düyməsi
- Bashkir (ba): пауза төймәһе
- Basque (eu): pausatzeko botoia
- Belarusian (be): кнопка «прыпыніць»
- Bosnian (bs): dugme pauziraj
- Bulgarian (bg): бутон за пауза
- Burmese (my): ဆိုင်းငံ့ရန် ခလုတ်
- Cantonese (yue): 暫停按鈕
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 暂停按钮
- Catalan (ca): botó de pausa
- Cherokee (chr): ᎦᎾᎯᏍᏙᏗ ᎦᏗ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 暫停按鈕
- Chuvash (cv): чарăну
- Croatian (hr): tipka za pauzu
- Czech (cs): tlačítko pozastavení
- Danish (da): pauseknap
- Estonian (et): pausinupp
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): botão de pausa
- Faroese (fo): pausaknappur
- Filipino (fil): button na i-pause
- Finnish (fi): pysäytä
- Galician (gl): botón de pausa
- Georgian (ka): პაუზის ღილაკი
- Gujarati (gu): થોભાવો બટન
- Hausa (ha): maɓallin dakatar da
- Hungarian (hu): szüneteltetés gomb
- Icelandic (is): pásutakki
- Igbo (ig): ọdụmbi cheretụ
- Irish (ga): cnaipe sosa
- Javanese (jv): tombol mandheg
- Kalaallisut (kl): pauseknap
- Kannada (kn): ವಿರಾಮ ಬಟನ್
- Kazakh (kk): кідірту түймесі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كىدىرتۋ باتىرماسى
- Khmer (km): ប៊ូតុងផ្អាក
- Kinyarwanda (rw): buto yo guhagarika gato
- Konkani (kok): थारावणी बटण
- Kyrgyz (ky): тындыруу баскычы
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): pitz’b’al rech uxlanem
- Lao (lo): ປຸ່ມຢຸດໄວ້
- Latvian (lv): poga Pauze
- Lithuanian (lt): pristabdyti
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): tasta "pśestawka"
- Luxembourgish (lb): Pausknäppchen
- Macedonian (mk): копче за пауза
- Malay (ms): butang jeda
- Malayalam (ml): താൽക്കാലികമായി നിർത്തുക ബട്ടൺ
- Maltese (mt): buttuna issospendi
- Marathi (mr): विराम द्या बटण
- Mongolian (mn): түр зогсоох товчлуур
- Māori (mi): pātene taihoa
- Nepali (ne): पज बटन
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Stọ́p-smọl Bọ́tin
- Northern Sotho (nso): konope ya go emišanyana
- Norwegian (no): pause-knapp
- Odia (or): ବିରାମ ବଟନ୍‌
- Oromo (om): qabduu yeroo dhaabii
- Pashto (ps): د وقفې بټن
- Punjabi (pa): ਰੋਕਣ ਲਈ ਬਟਨ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): توقف دا بٹن
- Quechua (qu): samay ñitina
- Romanian (ro): buton de suspendare
- Romansh (rm): buttun da pausa
- Sardinian (sc): butone de pàusa
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): putan “Cuir na stad”
- Serbian (sr): дугме за паузу
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): dugme za pauzu
- Shan (shn): ၼဵၼ်ယင်ႉ
- Sindhi (sd): ساڪت ڪرڻ جو بٽڻ
- Sinhala (si): විරාම බොත්තම
- Slovak (sk): tlačidlo pozastavenia
- Slovenian (sl): gumb za zaustavitev
- Somali (so): badhanka hakinta
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): botón pausa
- Swahili (sw): kitufe cha kusitisha
- Tajik (tg): Тугмаи "Таваққуф"
- Tamil (ta): இடை நிறுத்து பட்டன்
- Telugu (te): పాజ్ బటన్
- Tigrinya (ti): መዕጸዊ መልጎም
- Tongan (to): meʻalolomi tatali
- Tswana (tn): konopo ya kgaotsa go sekae
- Turkmen (tk): sägindir düwmesi
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): tłóčatko "přestawka"
- Urdu (ur): وقفہ ڈالنے کا بٹن
- Uyghur (ug): تورمۇزلاش كۇنۇپكىسى
- Uzbek (uz): pauza tugmasi
- Welsh (cy): botwm saib
- Wolof (wo): bitoŋu taxawal
- Xhosa (xh): iqhosha lokunqumamisa
- Yoruba (yo): bọ́tínì ìdánudúró fúngbà díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): bɔ́tínì ìdánudúró fúngbà díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): inkinobho yokuphumuza

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+23F8 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `⏸️` |
| CSS | `\23F8\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{23F8}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\u23F8\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 8F B8 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `23F8 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%8F%B8%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the ⏸️ pause button emoji mean?

Two short vertical bars side by side, the pause button on media players. People use it to pause a video or song, to put something on hold, and to say they are taking a break or need a moment.

### How do I type the ⏸️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “pause 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 :pause_button:.

### When was the ⏸️ emoji added?

⏸️ was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014.

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

U+23F8 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ⏸️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{23F8}\u{FE0F}.

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