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A metro: frequent underground train found in built-up areas with high populations.

This emoji is generally displayed as a forward-facing train, with some platforms also displaying a tunnel as a circle surrounding the train. Apple&#39;s artwork shows the characters&nbsp;IL2&nbsp;which may be a reference to one of the more <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/apple-infinite-loop-oral-history/">locked-down buildings&nbsp;at Apple&#39;s Infinite Loop</a> Headquarters during iPhone development&nbsp;(IL2 = Infinite Loop 2).

Metro

A cityscape showing a variety of highrise buildings during the daytime. Often featuring several <a href="/cloud">clouds</a> in the sky.

See also:&nbsp;<a href="/night-with-stars">🌃 Night with Stars</a>

Cityscape

A railway (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_car">railroad</a>)&nbsp;car (carriage)&nbsp;that is generally pulled along a railway line by a <a href="/diesel-locomotive/" title="🛲 Diesel Locomotive">locomotive</a>. Shown with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantograph_(transport)">pantograph</a>&nbsp;above the carriage on many platforms which makes it look more like a&nbsp;<a href="/tram-car/" title="🚋 Tram Car">tram car</a>.

Google&rsquo;s artwork <a href="/google/android-5.0/railway-car/">previously</a>&nbsp;looked&nbsp;like a <a href="/bus/" title="🚌 Bus">bus</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;Microsoft&#39;s older versions&nbsp;appeared&nbsp;similar to a <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/railway-car/">minecart</a>.

Railway Car

A high speed train, designed to cover long distances at high speed.

High-Speed Train

A high speed train, designed to cover long distances at high speed. Also features a streamlined bullet nose, often used in reference to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen">Shinkansen</a> in Japan.

High-Speed Train with Bullet Nose

A train, of no specified type. Due to the presence of a <a title="🚂 Steam Locomotive" href="/locomotive/">steam train</a> and <a title="🚄 High-Speed Train" href="/high-speed-train/">fast train</a> emoji, this is likely to be a regular electrified or diesel passenger train.

Train

A form of public transport similar to a <a href="/tram/" title="🚊 Tram">tram</a>,&nbsp;but running on a track or network separated from cars and other types of traffic.

Difficult to discern from a train at small sizes.

Light Rail

Similar to a <a title="🚆 Train" href="/train/">train</a>, but running on a single track. Monorails are often found at <a title="🎡 Ferris Wheel" href="/ferris-wheel/">theme parks</a>, or other tourist destinations.

Monorail

A train and railway in the&nbsp;<a href="/mountain/" title="⛰ Mountain">mountains</a>.

Previously displayed as&nbsp;a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funicular">funicular</a> in <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/mountain-railway/">Microsoft&rsquo;s </a>artwork. Android also <a href="/google/android-7.0/mountain-railway/">previously</a> displayed&nbsp;this train as front-facing and&nbsp;<a href="/google/android-6.0.1/mountain-railway/" title="🚞 Mountain Railway on Google Android 6.0.1">leaving a tunnel</a>, which appeared&nbsp;similarly to the <a href="/metro/" title="🚇 Metro">metro emoji</a> at small sizes.

Mountain Railway

The front of a <a title="🚌 Bus" href="/bus/">bus</a>, showing the windscreen, as well as wing mirrors in some versions of this emoji.

Oncoming Bus

A railway track shown from a first-person perspective, as though someone is driving a <a href="/train">train</a> or <a href="/person-walking">walking</a> down the tracks a la Stand By Me.

The track is usually surrounded by foliage and <a href="/evergreen-tree">trees</a>, sometimes with <a href="/cloud">clouds</a> in the sky and <a href="/mountain">mountains</a> in the distance. Microsoft&#39;s design previously showed the track heading directly towards a large looming <a href="/mountain">mountain</a>.

Railway Track

Similar to a monorail, a suspension railway is elevated, but the vehicle is suspended under the track.

Suspension Railway

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moai">moai</a>, one of the famed, giant stone statues of human figures&nbsp;on Easter Island. Depicted as a gray&nbsp;stone carving of a stylized human head with a prominent brow and nose, most often facing left.

Sometimes used for various idiosyncratic purposes, such as conveying a stoic, deadpan, or silly expression. For example, this emoji is often used to represent various &quot;sigma&quot; or &quot;chad&quot; memes due to its chiselled emotionaless features.

Its official Unicode name of Moyai&nbsp;and inclusion in early Japanese emoji sets, such as from au by KDDI, suggest&nbsp;the emoji may represent the <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Attraction_Review-g1066456-d1953259-Reviews-Moyai_Statue-Shibuya_Tokyo_Tokyo_Prefecture_Kanto.html">Moyai Statue</a> near Shibuya Station in Tokyo, Japan; previous designs from <a href="/google/android-4.3/moai/">Google</a> and <a href="/microsoft/windows-8.0/moai/">Microsoft</a>&nbsp;resemble the Tokyo statue. Other Tokyo landmarks are represented in&nbsp;<a href="/tokyo-tower/">🗼&nbsp;Tokyo Tower</a> and, formerly, <a href="/shibuya/">Shibuya 109</a>.

Moyai

The letter M in a circle, commonly used in to identify a <a title="🚇 Metro" href="/metro/">Metro</a> (subway, underground train) station in a city area.

Circled Latin Capital Letter M

The flag for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France">France</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;FR&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: France

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Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord, Roblox, and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG&rsquo;s final mobile device.

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device&rsquo;s messaging functionality.

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs.

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

A licensable emoji design set.

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An open-source emoji design set consisting of user-submitted emoji designs.

Previously used by Facebook&rsquo;s Messenger platform. Discontinued in 2017, replaced by flagship Facebook emoji set.

Custom emoji set previously used on HTC devices. Discontinued in 2016, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier that created the earliest emoji set currently on record. Discontinued in 2016 following 2014 update, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier responsible for the most famous early emoji set from 1999. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile manufacturer with its own early emoji designs. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Open-source emoji set designs for 2015&rsquo;s Firefox OS 2.5 update, but never implemented.

Released in&nbsp;October&nbsp;2010, Unicode 6.0 was the first version of the <a href="/the-unicode-consortium">Unicode Standard</a> to support emoji.

Some characters in <a href="/unicode-5.2/">prior</a>&nbsp;versions of Unicode were retroactively updated to provide&nbsp;an emoji presentation. This release was the first to introduce new characters for the sole purpose of compatability with emojis being used in Japan.

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