Official Meaning & Overview
Represents direction, exploration, and navigation. Used for travel, adventure, new beginnings and finding your way.
Official Unicode CLDR Name
Compass
Shortcode
:compass:Related Meanings & Search Keywords
Compassnavigationtraveldirectionexploremagneticorienteering
Official Names in 9 Languages
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Unicode Codepoint Breakdown
Standard single-codepoint Unicode emoji character
🧭
U+1F9EDCompass
Cross-Platform Emoji Design Comparison
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🧭
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Cross-Platform Emoji Design Comparison
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🧭56px
Dark Surface
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⚙️Technical Info
Unicode
U+1F9EDHex Code
1F9EDShortcodes
:compass:CLDRCompass
VersionEmoji 15.0
Developer Codes
Shortcode
:compass:HTML Entity (Hex)
🧭HTML Entity (Dec)
🧭CSS Content
\1F9EDJavaScript (ES6)
\u{1F9ED}UTF-16 / JSON
\uD83E\uDDEDURL Escape
%F0%9F%A7%ADQuick Reference FAQ
What does the 🧭 Compass emoji mean?
Represents direction, exploration, and navigation. Used for travel, adventure, new beginnings and finding your way.
What is the Unicode and HTML entity for 🧭 Compass?
The Unicode codepoint for 🧭 is U+1F9ED, its HTML hex entity is 🧭, and its shortcode is :compass:. It is part of Emoji 15.0.
How do you say the 🧭 Compass emoji in other languages?
Official localized names include: 한국어 "나침반", 日本語 "羅針盤", 简体中文 "指南针", 繁體中文 "指南針", Español "Brújula".