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 Microsoft

Category Symbols

Subcategory alphanum

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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