# 🧭 Compass emoji

🧭 Compass is an emoji in the maps set of Travel & places. It was added in Emoji 11.0 in 2018. Related words: direction, magnetic, navigation and orienteering.

- Emoji: 🧭
- Unicode name: compass
- Code points: U+1F9ED
- Category: Travel & places, Maps
- Added: Emoji 11.0 (2018)
- GitHub shortcode: :compass:
- Keywords: compass, direction, magnetic, navigation, orienteering
- Page: https://emojichart.com/compass-emoji

## What it means

A round magnetic compass with a needle that points north, used for navigation and orienteering. People use it for direction, exploring, hiking and travel, and figuratively for finding your way, guidance or moral direction.

## How to type 🧭

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “compass”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “compass”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “compass”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “compass”.
- GitHub: Type :compass: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | brújula | brújula, compás, magnético, navegación, orientación |
| Français (fr) | boussole | boussole, compas, direction, magnétique, navigation, orientation |
| Deutsch (de) | Kompass | Himmelsrichtung, Kompass, magnetisch, Navigation, Orientierung, Richtung, Windrose |
| Italiano (it) | bussola | bussola, direzione, magnetica, navigazione, orientamento |
| Português (pt) | bússola | bússola, bússola magnética, direção, ímã, magnético, navegação, norte, orientação, pontos cardeais |
| Nederlands (nl) | kompas | kompas, magnetisch, navigatie, oriëntatielopen, oriënteringslopen, richting |
| Svenska (sv) | kompass | kompass, magnetisk, navigation, orientering |
| Polski (pl) | kompas | kierunek, kompas, magnetyczny, magnetyzm, nawigacja, orientacja, orientacja w terenie, strony świata |
| Türkçe (tr) | pusula | hedef bulma, kaybolmak, manyetik, navigasyon, oryantiring, pusula, yön bulma |
| Русский (ru) | компас | компас, магнит, навигация, направление, ориентирование, поход, путешествие, путь, света, стороны, турист |
| Українська (uk) | компас | компас, магнетизм, магніт, магнітний, навігація, напрямок, орієнтування, сторони світу |
| Ελληνικά (el) | πυξίδα | κατεύθυνση, μαγνητικό, μαγνητισμός, πλοήγηση, προσανατολισμός, πυξίδα |
| العربية (ar) | بوصلة | اتجاه, استرشاد بالبوصلة, بوصلة, تخييم, تنقل, توجيه, سفر, مغناطيسي, مغناطيسية, ملاحة, وجهة |
| עברית (he) | מצפן | התמצאות, כיוון, מגנטי, מצפן, ניווט, צפון |
| فارسی (fa) | قطب‌نما | جهت, جهت یابی, جهتیابی, رهیابی, قبله نما, قطب نما, قطب‌نما, مسابقٔ دوصحرایی به‌کمک قطب‌نما, مسیر, مسیریابی, مغناطیس, مغناطیسی, ناوبری |
| हिन्दी (hi) | दिशासूचक | उत्तर, ओरिएंटीयरिंग, कंपास, चुंबकीय, डायरेक्शन, दक्षिण, दिशा, दिशा सूचक यंत्र, दिशासूचक, नेविगेशन, पश्चिम, पूर्व, रास्ता |
| বাংলা (bn) | কম্পাস | ওরিয়েন্টিয়ারিং, কম্পাস, চুম্বকীয়, চৌম্বকীয়, দিকনির্দেশ, নেভিগেশন, ন্যাভিগেশন |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | kompas | arah, kompas, magnetik, magnetis, navigasi, orientasi, pedoman arah, penunjuk arah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | la bàn | điều hướng, định hướng, la bàn, từ tính |
| ไทย (th) | เข็มทิศ | การนำทาง, การผจญภัย, ขั้วแม่เหล็ก, เข็มทิศ, ทิศทาง, โอเรนเทียริ่ง |
| 日本語 (ja) | コンパス | オリエンテーリング, コンパス, 方位磁針, 方角, 磁石, 航海, 航空 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 나침반 | 길찾기, 나침반, 네비게이션, 오리엔티어링, 자석 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 指南针 | 定向, 导航, 指南针, 方向, 磁性, 罗盘 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 指南針 | 定向, 導航, 指南針, 方向, 磁鐵, 羅盤 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): kompas
- Akan (ak): kɔmpase
- Albanian (sq): busull
- Amharic (am): ኮምፓስ
- Armenian (hy): կողմնացույց
- Assamese (as): কম্পাছ
- Azerbaijani (az): kompas
- Bashkir (ba): компас
- Basque (eu): iparrorratz
- Belarusian (be): компас
- Bosnian (bs): kompas
- Breton (br): nadoz-vor
- Bulgarian (bg): компас
- Burmese (my): သံလိုက်အိမ်မြှောင်
- Cantonese (yue): 指南針
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 指南针
- Catalan (ca): brúixola
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᎳᏂ ᎠᎦᏙᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): компас
- Croatian (hr): kompas
- Czech (cs): kompas
- Danish (da): kompas
- Estonian (et): kompass
- Faroese (fo): kumpass
- Filipino (fil): compass
- Finnish (fi): kompassi
- Galician (gl): compás
- Georgian (ka): კომპასი
- Gujarati (gu): કંપાસ
- Hausa (ha): kamfas
- Hungarian (hu): iránytű
- Icelandic (is): áttaviti
- Igbo (ig): kọmpas
- Irish (ga): compás
- Javanese (jv): kompas
- Kannada (kn): ದಿಕ್ಸೂಚಿ
- Kazakh (kk): компас
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تۇسباعدار
- Khmer (km): ត្រីវិស័យ
- Konkani (kok): कम्पास
- Kyrgyz (ky): компас
- Lao (lo): ເຂັມທິດ
- Latvian (lv): kompass
- Lithuanian (lt): kompasas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): kompas
- Macedonian (mk): компас
- Malay (ms): kompas
- Malayalam (ml): കോമ്പസ്സ്
- Marathi (mr): होकायंत्र
- Mongolian (mn): луужин
- Nepali (ne): कम्पास
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Kọ́mpas
- Norwegian (no): kompass
- Odia (or): କମ୍ପାସ
- Oromo (om): kompaasii
- Pashto (ps): قطب نما
- Punjabi (pa): ਕੰਪਾਸ
- Quechua (qu): compas
- Romanian (ro): busolă
- Romansh (rm): cumpass
- Sardinian (sc): bùssola
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): combaist
- Serbian (sr): компас
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): kompas
- Shan (shn): ၶွမ်းပၢတ်ႉ
- Sindhi (sd): ڪمپاس
- Sinhala (si): මාලිමාව
- Slovak (sk): kompas
- Slovenian (sl): kompas
- Somali (so): jiheeye
- Swahili (sw): dira
- Tamil (ta): காம்பஸ்
- Telugu (te): దిక్సూచి
- Tigrinya (ti): ኮምፓስ
- Tongan (to): kāpasa
- Turkmen (tk): kompas
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): kompas
- Urdu (ur): قُطب نُما
- Uzbek (uz): kompas
- Welsh (cy): cwmpawd
- Yoruba (yo): atọ́nà
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): atɔ́nà
- Zulu (zu): i-compass

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9ED` |
| HTML | `🧭` |
| CSS | `\1F9ED` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9ED}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9ED` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 AD` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDED` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%AD` |

## Questions

### What does the 🧭 compass emoji mean?

A round magnetic compass with a needle that points north, used for navigation and orienteering. People use it for direction, exploring, hiking and travel, and figuratively for finding your way, guidance or moral direction.

### How do I type the 🧭 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “compass”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :compass:.

### When was the 🧭 emoji added?

🧭 was added in Emoji 11.0, released in 2018.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🧭?

U+1F9ED. In HTML you can write 🧭, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9ED}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/compass-emoji