🧭️ Compass emoji
HTML
🧭
Unicode
U+1F9ED
What is 🧭️ called?
🧭️ is called the Compass emoji.
Also known as magnetic compass or navigation compass. These terms reflect common wording, regional usage, or how the symbol looks; Unicode’s official name is compass.
What does 🧭️ mean?
🧭 is officially named compass. A navigational instrument with a magnetic needle pointing north, representing direction finding, exploration, and the fundamental tool that enabled global navigation and discovery. The compass emoji symbolizes guidance, orientation, and the human quest to understand direction and location in both physical and metaphorical contexts.
Use it for literal references to compass and for navigation, direction finding, guidance, exploration, moral compass, orientation. The directional instrument is not the same as a drawing compass used for circles. Related choices include 🗺️ World map and 🗾 Map of japan.
Other meanings
It can mean navigation, direction finding, guidance, exploration, moral compass, orientation. Context determines whether the message is literal, geographic, travel-related, cultural, historical, or symbolic.
Example Usage
Using a compass to navigate through the wilderness 🧭
The place or travel note mentions compass 🧭
More details
Officially named compass. Its code point is U+1F9ED. It was introduced in Emoji 11.0.
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Visual description
A round compass with cardinal directions marked and a red needle pointing north, typically showing N, S, E, W directions.
The directional instrument is not the same as a drawing compass used for circles. Colours, proportions, orientation, and fine details vary by platform.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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