There are three earth emoji, one planet turned three ways. Americas globe comes first, then Europe-Africa globe and Asia-Australia globe. Earth signs, lines, ASCII globes and combos follow.
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Which globe to pick
Each globe is named for the side of the planet it shows, so pick the one with your part of the world on it. Asia-Australia globe is the oldest, from Emoji 0.6; the other two came in 0.7. Globe with meridians is a different thing: Unicode's notes say it marks world clocks and input languages.
Earth without an emoji
Earth sign, U+2641, is the character Unicode names Earth. Astronomers also use a cross in a circle, here as Astronomical symbol for Earth and Circled plus.
Type a number over the blank in π Around the world in __ days.
Questions and answers
Is there a world emoji?
Yes, five. CLDR, Unicode's list of search words, files world under the three globes, Globe with meridians and World map. Earth and globe lead to the first four only: the map is flat.
Which earth emoji shows America?
Americas globe, U+1F30E, which Unicode names Earth globe Americas: North and South America face you. Europe and Africa are on U+1F30D, and Asia and Australia on U+1F30F.
What is the symbol for Earth?
Earth sign, U+2641: a globe with a cross on top. Unicode's notes give a second one, a cross inside a circle, as the astronomical symbol for earth. Both are plain characters, not emoji.
When is Earth Day?
April 22, every year. Happy Earth Day, everyone! π is a line ready to paste, and the combo Plant something pairs a globe with a seedling.
All 43 items
Globes, maps and a compass 7
πAmericas globeU+1F30E. CLDR's short name is globe showing Americas. The planet turned to show North and South America. Unicode names the character Earth globe Americas. CLDR files it under earth, globe and world. Emoji 0.7.
πAsia-Australia globeU+1F30F. CLDR's short name is globe showing Asia-Australia. The planet turned to show Asia and Australia. The oldest of the three: the other two came one version later. Emoji 0.6.
π§CompassU+1F9ED. The last of the seven emoji in the subgroup place-map. Emoji 11.0.
πEurope-Africa globeU+1F30D. CLDR's short name is globe showing Europe-Africa. The same planet turned to show Europe and Africa. First of the three in Unicode's list. Emoji 0.7.
πGlobe with meridiansU+1F310. A globe drawn as lines only. Unicode's notes say it marks an international input source or world clocks. CLDR adds internet and web to earth, globe and world. Emoji 1.0.
πΎMap of JapanU+1F5FE. The only country with a map emoji. It sits in the same subgroup as the globes. Emoji 0.6.
πΊοΈWorld mapU+1F5FA U+FE0F. The flat one. CLDR files it under world and map, and not under earth. Emoji 0.7.
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Earth signs, as plain text 6
πAlchemical symbol for earthU+1F703 Alchemical symbol for earth. Earth as one of the four elements: a triangle pointing down with a bar across it.
π¨Astronomical symbol for EarthU+1F728 Alchemical symbol for verdigris. A cross inside a circle. Unicode's notes give it a second name: astronomical symbol for earth.
βCircled plusU+2295 Circled plus. The math sign that looks the same as the one before it.
βEarth groundU+23DA Earth ground. The sign for an electrical earth, the wire that goes to ground.
βEarth signU+2641 Earth. The character Unicode names Earth: a globe with a cross on top. Its notes add that alchemists used it for antimony.
β·Trigram for earthU+2637 Trigram for earth. Three broken lines: the trigram for earth, kun in Unicode's notes.
Earth and world in Han characters 7
ε°ηThe Earth, as a wordU+5730 U+7403. Earth and globe together: the word for the Earth in Chinese and in Japanese, as Wiktionary records it.
ηHan character for boundary or worldU+754C. Unihan's definition: boundary, limit; domain; society; the world.
ε°Han character for earthU+5730. Unihan's definition: earth; soil, ground; region.
ηHan character for globeU+7403. Unihan's definition: ball, sphere, globe; round.
εHan character for soilU+571F. Unihan's definition: soil, earth; items made of earth. Earth as in the ground, not the planet.
δΈHan character for world or eraU+4E16. Unihan's definition: generation; world; era.
δΈηWorld, as a wordU+4E16 U+754C. The word for world in Chinese and in Japanese, as Wiktionary records it.
Earth and world lines 9
π Around the world in __ daysType a number over the blank
π Earth Day, April 22The day and its date
Greetings from Earth πThe planet as the return address
Happy Earth Day, everyone! πFor April 22
Hello, world! πA greeting to everyone at once
πππ One planet, three viewsAll three globes, in the order of Unicode's list
π Our dot in spaceThe planet, seen from far off
Rise and shine, world πFor the first post of the day
π WorldwideGlobe with meridians, for a link or a time zone
ASCII globes 3
Globe on a stand, in ASCIIThe classroom globe: the same planet on a foot. Seven lines.
Globe with a grid, in ASCIIA globe with the equator and one meridian drawn in. Five lines, 12 columns.
Tilde globe in ASCIIA round planet with tildes for the land. Five lines, 12 columns.
Earth combos 11
βοΈπππAround the worldAirplane, then globe showing Europe-Africa, then globe showing Americas, then globe showing Asia-Australia. A plane and all three sides of the planet.
ποΈπDove over the planetDove, then globe showing Asia-Australia. CLDR files the dove under peace.
ππ«Geography classGlobe showing Americas, then school.
ππ Home planetGlobe showing Americas, then house.
πβοΈπLetters across the worldGlobe showing Asia-Australia, then envelope, then globe showing Americas. From one side of the planet to the other.
ππLove the planetGlobe showing Americas, then green heart.
ππ±Plant somethingGlobe showing Americas, then seedling.
πβ»οΈReuse and recycleGlobe showing Asia-Australia, then recycling symbol.
βοΈπSun and planetSun, then globe showing Americas.
π§πΊοΈWhich way is northCompass, then world map.
ππ§³World travelerGlobe showing Europe-Africa, then luggage.