# ⏸ U+23F8 DOUBLE VERTICAL BAR

Pause button: two vertical bars side by side, the media player pause icon for music and video.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `⏸` |
| Codepoint | U+23F8 |
| Name | DOUBLE VERTICAL BAR |
| Also known as | pause |
| Block | [Miscellaneous Technical](https://unicodekit.com/block/miscellaneous-technical) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Other Symbol (So) |
| Unicode version | 7.0 |
| HTML | `⏸` `⏸` |
| CSS | `\23F8` |
| JavaScript | `\u23F8` |
| UTF-8 | E2 8F B8 |
| UTF-16 | 23F8 |
| Emoji | pause button (Symbols › av-symbol) |
| Emoji keywords | bar, button, double, pause, vertical |

## Related characters

- ⏬ [U+23EC BLACK DOWN-POINTING DOUBLE TRIANGLE](https://unicodekit.com/char/23EC)
- ⏹ [U+23F9 BLACK SQUARE FOR STOP](https://unicodekit.com/char/23F9)
- 🔽 [U+1F53D DOWN-POINTING SMALL RED TRIANGLE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1F53D)
- ⏫ [U+23EB BLACK UP-POINTING DOUBLE TRIANGLE](https://unicodekit.com/char/23EB)
- ⏺ [U+23FA BLACK CIRCLE FOR RECORD](https://unicodekit.com/char/23FA)
- 🔼 [U+1F53C UP-POINTING SMALL RED TRIANGLE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1F53C)
- ⏏ [U+23CF EJECT SYMBOL](https://unicodekit.com/char/23CF)
- ⏮ [U+23EE BLACK LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE TRIANGLE WITH VERTICAL BAR](https://unicodekit.com/char/23EE)
- ⏪ [U+23EA BLACK LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE TRIANGLE](https://unicodekit.com/char/23EA)
- 🎦 [U+1F3A6 CINEMA](https://unicodekit.com/char/1F3A6)
- ◀ [U+25C0 BLACK LEFT-POINTING TRIANGLE](https://unicodekit.com/char/25C0)
- 🔅 [U+1F505 LOW BRIGHTNESS SYMBOL](https://unicodekit.com/char/1F505)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/23F8 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/23F8