Keyword
pause emoji
14 emoji are annotated with “pause” in Unicode’s CLDR data.
- leftwards pushing handleftwards pushing hand
- leftwards pushing hand: light skin toneleftwards pushing hand: light skin tone
- leftwards pushing hand: medium-light skin toneleftwards pushing hand: medium-light skin tone
- leftwards pushing hand: medium skin toneleftwards pushing hand: medium skin tone
- leftwards pushing hand: medium-dark skin toneleftwards pushing hand: medium-dark skin tone
- leftwards pushing hand: dark skin toneleftwards pushing hand: dark skin tone
- rightwards pushing handrightwards pushing hand
- rightwards pushing hand: light skin tonerightwards pushing hand: light skin tone
- rightwards pushing hand: medium-light skin tonerightwards pushing hand: medium-light skin tone
- rightwards pushing hand: medium skin tonerightwards pushing hand: medium skin tone
- rightwards pushing hand: medium-dark skin tonerightwards pushing hand: medium-dark skin tone
- rightwards pushing hand: dark skin tonerightwards pushing hand: dark skin tone
- play or pause buttonplay or pause button
- pause buttonpause button
Frequently asked questions
- How many emoji mean pause?
- 14 emoji are annotated with “pause”.
- Which categories does pause span?
- Emoji annotated “pause” appear in People & Body and Symbols. A keyword is the only grouping here that crosses categories — the Unicode taxonomy files each character in exactly one.
- Which emoji are tagged pause?
- They include 🫷 leftwards pushing hand, 🫷🏻 leftwards pushing hand: light skin tone, 🫷🏼 leftwards pushing hand: medium-light skin tone and 🫷🏽 leftwards pushing hand: medium skin tone. The full set is listed above.
- Where do these keywords come from?
- Unicode’s CLDR annotation data, which is the same source that lets an emoji keyboard find a character by name. They are not tags anyone here invented.