Technical information

Symbol
NameBlack square for stop
Unicode numberU+23F9
CategorySquares
DescriptionThe 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-160x23F9
UTF-320x000023F9

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u23F9"
CSS Code\23F9
JavaScript"\u23F9"
Perl\x{23F9}
Python 2u"\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 .

Font size:

12px
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36px
48px
72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#9209;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\23F9";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References