Compass Emoji

Travel

A classic magnetic compass featuring a circular metallic frame and a needle pointing north. It is designed to look like a handheld tool used by explorers and sailors to find their way.

Usage Context

Used to talk about travel, hiking, or finding directions. People drop it in chats when they are lost, planning a trip, or looking for a new sense of purpose. It often appears alongside other transit icons like 🗺️ or ✈️ to highlight a journey.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2018 as part of Emoji 11.0, this icon was requested to help bridge the gap between digital map apps and the traditional, analog tools that historically defined human navigation.

Details

Glyph

🧭

Unicode

U+1F9ED

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9ed:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDED;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Travel

Subcategory place-map

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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

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