metro

Represents a metro or subway system, typically shown as a train car with a distinctive front window and often a letter or symbol on the side

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Code points
U+1F687
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Meaning

Represents a metro or subway system, typically shown as a train car with a distinctive front window and often a letter or symbol on the side. Commonly used in conversation to refer to underground rail travel, commuting, or urban transit in general. It often appears in messages about navigating a city, catching a train, or discussing public transportation. An alternate use is to indicate being underground or in a tunnel, though this is less common. Usage can be ambiguous because it may refer to any subway system worldwide, not a specific one.

Metro โ€” Approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.

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Names from Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 โ€” official Unicode data.

Quick facts

Quick facts

Code points
U+1F687
Unicode name
metro
Category
Travel & PlacesGround transport
Unicode
6.0 ยท 2010Emoji 0.6
Keywords
metrosubwaytravelemojimeaningmean

Developer

Single code point
Unicode data
Code pointsU+1F687
Unicode namemetro
UTF-8F0 9F 9A 87
Shortcodes
Shortcode (Discord / GitHub / Slack):metro:
HTML & CSS
HTML (hex)🚇
HTML (decimal)🚇
CSS\1F687
Languages
JavaScript\u{1F687}
Python\U0001F687
Perl\x{1F687}
PHP / Ruby\u{1F687}
Encodings
Punycodexn--858h
URL escape code%F0%9F%9A%87

Frequently asked

What does ๐Ÿš‡ metro mean?

Represents a metro or subway system, typically shown as a train car with a distinctive front window and often a letter or symbol on the side. Commonly used in conversation to refer to underground rail travel, commuting, or urban transit in general. It often appears in messages about navigating a city, catching a train, or discussing public transportation. An alternate use is to indicate being underground or in a tunnel, though this is less common. Usage can be ambiguous because it may refer to any subway system worldwide, not a specific one.

What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for ๐Ÿš‡ metro?

U+1F687 (Unicode 6.0, 2010) ยท :metro:

Which emojis are related to ๐Ÿš‡ metro?

๐Ÿš‚ locomotive, ๐Ÿšƒ railway car, ๐Ÿš„ high-speed train, ๐Ÿš… bullet train, ๐Ÿš† train, ๐Ÿšˆ light rail, ๐Ÿš‰ station, ๐ŸšŠ tram