What ⏵ means
It follows the direction the tape moved.
Tape recorders turned the triangle into a shared playback convention. ISO and IEC group it with faster-travel and stop controls. In plain text, placement can make ⏵ a forward cue or a list marker.
Neutral, functional interface shorthand.
Alone, it may look like a play instruction.
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsOn a media control
Play or resume.
Between steps
Continue forward.
Before each list line
A triangle bullet marking a list level.
Don't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
1Is ⏵ an emoji?
No. ⏵ is a Unicode text symbol, not an emoji character; its shape comes from the active font.
How to type ⏵
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 23F5, then Alt+X to get ⏵.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “black medium right-pointing triangle”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 23f5, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⏵CSS
\23F5Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⏵
HTML hex
⏵
CSS content
content: "\23F5";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%8F%B5
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.