▶
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
- In Word: type 25B6, then press Alt + X. Other apps have no standard Windows shortcut for it — copy it from this page
- 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