Symbols · Emoji 0.7
⏺️Record Button Emoji
It usually means “I’m recording” or “I’m capturing this.” People use it to signal they're taking a picture or recording a video.
The ⏺️ emoji is the record button.
- Unicode
- U+23FA U+FE0F
- Released
- 2014
- Shortcode
- :black_
circle_ for_ record: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ⏺️ Record Button emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 3.
02 — Platforms
Record Button emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
Vendors keep repainting this one. Counting the archived versions further down, the record button has been drawn in 3 ways.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Record Button emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :black_circle_for_record:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the record button, code point U+23FA.
04 — How to type
How to type the ⏺️ Record Button emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
05 — Download
Record Button emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 8. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Microsoft
06 — Combinations
Record Button emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around record button for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — In conversation
What ⏺️ means from a girl or a guy
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
08 — Apps
What ⏺️ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
The character is the same everywhere, but the artwork and the reading of it change from app to app.
10 — History
Where the ⏺️ Record Button emoji came from
Approved as part of Emoji 0.7, the record button has been on phones for years now — counting from its release, 12.
Same character every time — U+23FA U+FE0F never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Record Button was approved as U+23FA U+FE0F and shipped in Emoji 0.7 (2014). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so ⏺️ is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
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