▶

Black Right Triangle

Unicode
U+25B6
Category
Geometric
HTML Entity
▶
CSS
\25B6
The Black Right Triangle (▶) is a geometric character universally recognized as the standard "play" button for audio and video media. Originally introduced in Unicode's Geometric Shapes block, it also frequently serves as a navigational arrow, a stylized bullet point, or a toggle icon in digital interfaces to indicate expandable menus.

How to Type

Windows
Alt+9654 or Win+. then search "play"
macOS
Control+Command+Space then search "play"
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+U then 25B6
HTML
▶ or ▸

In Programming

In frontend web development, this symbol is commonly used to build custom media player controls, interactive accordion menus, and tree-view directories. It also occasionally appears in command-line tools to denote an active prompt.

Tags

audio play button expandable menu icon forward geometric media media player symbol navigation arrow right play button play symbol solid right arrow right-facing triangle black right-pointing filled triangle start button symbol universal play icon video play icon

Related Symbols

■ Black Square □ White Square ▢ Rounded White Square ▣ Square Within Square ▪ Black Small Square ▫ White Small Square ▬ Black Rectangle ▭ White Rectangle ▲ Black Up Triangle △ White Up Triangle ▴ Small Black Up Triangle ▷ White Right Triangle