⏹
Technical information
| Symbol | ⏹ | |
| Name | Black square for stop | |
| Unicode number | U+23F9 | |
| Category | Squares | |
| Description | The Unicode character ⏹, or U+23F9, is known as the "Black Square for Stop". This symbol is part of the "Miscellaneous Technical" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. It is a square completely filled in black color, representing a universal symbol for 'stop'. This symbol is predominantly seen on media players and other digital interfaces to denote the function of stopping media playback. The Black Square for Stop, with its simplicity and clear visual representation, effectively communicates its function across languages and cultures. |
Encoding
| HTML Entity | ⏹ | |
| HTML Entity (hex) | ⏹ | |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%8F%B9 | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x8F 0xB9 | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10001111:10111001 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x23F9 | |
| UTF-32 | 0x000023F9 |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u23F9" | |
| CSS Code | \23F9 | |
| JavaScript | "\u23F9" | |
| Perl | \x{23F9} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u23F9" | |
| Python 3 | \u23F9 | |
| Ruby | \u{23F9} |
Preview
This Unicode character looks like this ⏹ in sentence and in bold like this ⏹ and in italic like this ⏹.
input-group
Font size:
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12px
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16px
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20px
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28px
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36px
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48px
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72px
CSS Property: font-weight
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100
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200
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300
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400
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500
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600
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700
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800
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900
HTML Forms and Input
input
disabled input
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select
button
button
Code examples in HTML and CSS
<span>⏹</span>
span {
content: "\23F9";
}The symbol in different fonts
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-apple-system
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Apple Color Emoji
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Arial
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BlinkMacSystemFont
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Courier New
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Georgia
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Droid Sans
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Helvetica
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Noto Sans
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Oxygen
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Roboto
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"Segoe UI"
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sans-serif
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Segoe UI Emoji
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Segoe UI Symbol
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system-ui
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Times New Roman
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Ubuntu
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Verdana