A blue button with a play media button to the left. This would either be rewind or play or go back. iEmoji old name: Blue Square Button Play Backwards.
Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
The code generated for this emoji was changed slightly in iOS 7 / OSX 10.9 (a variation selector was added) advising the OS to display character emoji style instead of black and white text when available. We don't mind Apple, thank you! We just love our emojis! [Sources 11438-emoji-var.pdf 13.7 Variation Selectors (unicode.org)]
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1215 of 2393
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ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:arrow_backward:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Black Left-Pointing Triangle
Left Pointing Triangle (Play Backwards)
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Geometric Shapes
Unicode Range
25A0–25FF
Unicode Subcategory
Geometric Shapes
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Names & Annotations
BLACK LEFT-POINTING TRIANGLE = ARIB-9249 Temporary Notes: Reverse
Symbol Information
◀ U+25C0 unified (Unicode 1.1)
Proposal Identifier
e-AFD
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[<]
KDDI
#5 左向き三角１ 「左向ki三角１」 U+E52D SJIS-F749 JIS-772A
Softbank
#386 #old239 戻る 「戻ru」 U+E23B SJIS-F7DB
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
Decimal HTML Entity

Hexadecimal HTML Entity

Hex Code Point(s)
e23b
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E23B
Decimal Code Point(s)
57915
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x88 0xBB
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 88 BB
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 210 273
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE23B
UTF-16 Hex
e23b
UTF-16 Dec
57915
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E23B
UTF-32 Hex
E23B
UTF-32 Dec
57915
Python Src
u"\uE23B"
PHP Src
"\xee\x88\xbb"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE23B"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
◀
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
◀
Decimal HTML Entity
◀
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
◀
Hex Code Point(s)
25c0
Formal Unicode Notation
U+25C0
Decimal Code Point(s)
9664
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x97 0x80
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 97 80
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 227 200
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x25C0
UTF-16 Hex
25c0
UTF-16 Dec
9664
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x000025C0
UTF-32 Hex
25C0
UTF-32 Dec
9664
Python Src
u"\u25C0"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x97\x80"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u25C0"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 7 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
◀️
UTF-8 Character Count
2
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
◀️
Decimal HTML Entity
◀ ️
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
◀ ️
Hex Code Point(s)
25c0, fe0f
Formal Unicode Notation
U+25C0, U+FE0F
Decimal Code Point(s)
9664, 65039
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x97 0x80, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 97 80, EF B8 8F
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 227 200, 357 270 217
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x25C0, 0xFE0F
UTF-16 Hex
25c0, fe0f
UTF-16 Dec
9664, 65039
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x000025C0 0x0000FE0F
UTF-32 Hex
25C0, FE0F
UTF-32 Dec
9664, 65039
Python Src
u"\u25C0\uFE0F"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x97\x80\xef\xb8\x8f"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u25C0\uFE0F"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
