Compass emoji 🧭
Emoji 11.0 (2018) · U+1F9ED
What 🧭 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 🧭 are direction, magnetic, navigation, orienteering. They show what people use it for.
Search for direction or magnetic on your emoji keyboard and 🧭 is among the results.
You will find 🧭 among the maps (7 emoji), part of travel & places with 221 emoji in all. Its neighbours include 🌍 🌎 🌏 🌐.
Will 🧭 show on my friend's phone?
Emoji 11.0 brought 🧭 in 2018. Most phones show it now; only devices that have not been updated for years miss it.
How to type 🧭
Search for compass in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🧭.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type compass.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type compass in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type compass.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 🧭 is one code point (U+1F9ED), 4 bytes in UTF-8 and 2 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F9ED | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🧭 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🧭 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F9ED"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F9ED} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A7%AD | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A7 AD |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🧭 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
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What does the compass emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🧭 "compass" and links it with direction, magnetic, navigation, orienteering. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the maps subgroup of travel & places.
When was the compass emoji added?
In Emoji 11.0, released in 2018. Phones updated since about 2019 show it.
How do I type the compass emoji?
Search for compass in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🧭.