Emoji subcategory

audio & video symbols

audio & video symbols emoji work like compact signs and interface-style markers, helping people add direction, emphasis, or symbolic meaning without extra words.

Parent category: symbols

Featured emoji in this subcategory

These are the clearest examples in the cluster and make it easier to judge the overall tone of the subcategory before scanning the full set.

Emoji in this subcategory

🔀

shuffle tracks button

shuffle-tracks-button

A shuffle symbol, useful for random order, mixed playback, and systems that deliberately break a fixed sequence.

🔁

repeat button

repeat-button

A repeat symbol, tied to looping, replaying, cycling through content, and doing something again from the start.

🔂

repeat single button

repeat-single-button

A repeat-one symbol, more specific than general repeat because it focuses on replaying a single item again and again.

â–ļī¸

play button

play-button

A play button, one of the clearest symbols for starting media, beginning playback, or moving something into active motion.

âŠī¸

fast-forward button

fast-forward-button

Fast-forward, useful for speeding through content, skipping ahead, and moving faster than normal pace.

â­ī¸

next track button

next-track-button

Skip to next, useful for jumping directly to the following track, chapter, or item in a sequence.

â¯ī¸

play or pause button

play-or-pause-button

Play or pause, useful when a single control handles both starting and temporarily stopping media.

â—€ī¸

reverse button

reverse-button

A reverse play symbol, often used for going backward, rewinding visually, or navigating in the opposite direction.

âĒī¸

fast reverse button

fast-reverse-button

Rewind, useful for moving quickly back through audio, video, or any sequence that can be reversed.

âŽī¸

last track button

last-track-button

Skip to previous, useful for jumping back to the prior track, chapter, or item without rewinding gradually.

đŸ”ŧ

upwards button

upwards-button

An up-pointing small triangle, useful for upward navigation, expand-style controls, or small directional prompts.

âĢī¸

fast up button

fast-up-button

A fast up button, useful for quickly moving upward, raising something faster, or jumping to higher sections.

đŸ”Ŋ

downwards button

downwards-button

A down-pointing small triangle, useful for downward navigation, collapse-style controls, or indicating a lower direction.

âŦī¸

fast down button

fast-down-button

A fast down button, useful for quickly moving lower, dropping through content, or jumping to lower sections.

â¸ī¸

pause button

pause-button

A pause button, useful for temporary stopping, holding something in place, and interrupting motion without ending it.

âšī¸

stop button

stop-button

A stop button, more final than pause, used when playback or action should end rather than wait to continue.

âēī¸

record button

record-button

A record button, tied to capturing audio or video, actively creating media, and preserving something as it happens.

âī¸

eject button

eject-button

An eject symbol, useful for removing media, releasing trays, or taking something out of a device or slot.

đŸŽĻ

cinema

cinema

A cinema symbol, useful for movies, screenings, theaters, and the general idea of film-going or projected entertainment.

🔅

dim button

dim-button

A low-brightness symbol, useful for dimmer screens, lower light settings, and visual environments that are intentionally softer.

🔆

bright button

bright-button

A high-brightness symbol, useful for stronger light output, brighter screens, and settings where visibility is prioritized.

đŸ“ļ

antenna bars

antenna-bars

Signal bars, one of the clearest symbols for connection strength, mobile reception, and how much communication capacity is available.

🛜

wireless

wireless

A wireless symbol, useful for Wi-Fi, network access, internet availability, and modern wireless connectivity.

đŸ“ŗ

vibration mode

vibration-mode

A vibrating phone symbol, useful for silent alerts, haptic notifications, and calls or messages arriving without sound.

📴

mobile phone off

mobile-phone-off

A phone-off symbol, clearly tied to powered-down devices, no mobile use, or communication being unavailable.

What this subcategory adds

What Makes This Subcategory Distinct

audio & video symbols is a narrower slice of symbols. Typical entries include 🔀 shuffle tracks button, 🔁 repeat button, 🔂 repeat single button, â–ļī¸ play button.

How To Choose Inside It

Repeated tags like button, arrow, double, triangle show what this subcategory is really about.

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