Compass emoji meaning

The compass emoji is a small, typically circular device used for navigation and orientation. It consists of a magnetized needle that can rotate freely on a pivot point, suspended in a fluid-filled chamber, and a graduated circular scale that indicates the four cardinal points (north, south, east, and west). The needle is magnetized and will always point north, allowing a person to determine their direction relative to the earth's magnetic field. The compass emoji can be used to represent navigation, direction, or a sense of orientation.

The compass emoji was approved in Unicode 11.0 and added in Emoji 11.0, see related proposal L2/17113