dim button Emoji
🔅 · U+1F505 · Emoji 1.0
What does the dim button emoji mean?
Literally, the 🔅 emoji represents a button used to decrease brightness, whereas figuratively it is often used to convey a need or desire to tone down or lower something, such as volume, intensity, or drama, and in slang, it can signify a request to calm down or chill out. This contrast between literal and figurative meaning allows the emoji to be used in various contexts, from technology and settings to emotions and social interactions. In a broader sense, the 🔅 emoji can symbolize reduction or minimization of any kind. Its meaning is closely tied to the concept of decrease or lessening.
dim button emoji examples
- can you turn down the music 🔅
- dude calm down 🔅
How to copy the dim button emoji
To use the dim button emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+1F505), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
dim button emoji on different platforms
How the dim button emoji looks on your device and in the openly licensed sets that include it (Twitter / X (Twemoji), Google Noto Color Emoji, OpenMoji). See image credits.
dim button Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🔅 |
| Name | dim button |
| Category | Symbols |
| Codepoints | U+1F505 |
| Shortcode | :low_brightness: |
| Sources | Unicode emoji list · codepoints.net |
| Emoji version | 1.0 (2015) |
dim button Emoji FAQ
It is U+1F505, added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). On GitHub, Slack and Discord you can type it as :low_brightness:.
People also search for the dim button emoji as brightness, button, dim, low.