🧭 Compass is an emoji from the Travel & Places category. Its Unicode code point is U+1F9ED and it was released in Emoji 11.0 (2018). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does 🧭 Compass mean?
🧭 is the Compass emoji, listed under Travel & Places → Globes & Maps in the Unicode emoji standard. People often use it in messages about direction, magnetic, navigation and orienteering. It was approved as part of Emoji 11.0 in 2018 and works on virtually every modern phone and computer. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :compass: to insert it.
Compass emoji codes
| Emoji | 🧭 |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F9ED |
| HTML entity (decimal) | 🧭 |
| HTML entity (hex) | 🧭 |
| CSS | \1F9ED |
| JavaScript | \u{1F9ED} |
| Python | \U0001F9ED |
| URL-encoded | %F0%9F%A7%AD |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A7 AD |
| Shortcode | :compass: |
How to type 🧭 on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “compass”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “compass”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “compass”.
- HTML: write
🧭in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Compass keywords
- direction
- magnetic
- navigation
- orienteering
Frequently asked questions
What does 🧭 mean?
🧭 is the Compass emoji, listed under Travel & Places → Globes & Maps in the Unicode emoji standard. People often use it in messages about direction, magnetic, navigation and orienteering. It was approved as part of Emoji 11.0 in 2018 and works on virtually every modern phone and computer. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :compass: to insert it.
How do I copy and paste the Compass emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the 🧭 emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press → Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was 🧭 Compass added to Unicode?
Compass was released as part of Emoji 11.0 in 2018.
Related Globes & Maps emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.