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Circled m

Circled m Emoji

Symbols

A white capital letter 'M' encased in a bold blue circle. It looks exactly like the standardized signage used to mark public transit entrances in cities around the world.

Usage Context

This emoji is the go-to way to discuss subways, metro systems, or public transportation. It frequently pops up when people are sharing their location or giving directions to a station, often paired with other transit icons like 🚆 or 🚇.

History

Adopted into the Unicode standard in 1993, this icon was pulled directly from international signage conventions. Its inclusion helped mobile devices bridge the gap between digital text and physical world navigation, serving as a universal shorthand for urban rail infrastructure.

Details

Glyph
Ⓜ
Unicode
U+24C2
Shortcode
:emoji_u24c2:
HTML Entity
Ⓜ

Specifications

Vendor Google
Category Symbols
Subcategory alphanum
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
circlecircledmsymbolsalphanummetrosubwaytransportationtransittrain stationcity map

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

Apache 2.0SIL OFL 1.1Noto Repository

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