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🌐 Fn / Globe key symbol

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The globe on the bottom-left key of recent Macs marks the Fn (Function) or Globe key. It turns the top-row keys into F1, F2 and the rest, and starts Mac shortcuts such as Fn-E for emoji.

The symbol
🌐 The nearest Unicode character, not Apple’s own key artwork.
Name on a Mac
Fn (Function) or Globe
Name on a Windows PC
No equivalent stated
Unicode
U+1F310 GLOBE WITH MERIDIANS
In HTML
🌐
Where the key is
Bottom-left corner on current Apple laptop and Magic keyboards.

What Apple says

  • To use these keys as F1, F2, F3, or other standard function keys, combine them with the Fn (Function) or Globe key. Apple Support, Mac keyboard shortcuts, Using keyboard shortcuts
  • Control–Command–Space bar or Fn-E Show the Character Viewer, from which you can choose emoji and other symbols. Apple Support, Mac keyboard shortcuts, Control–Command–Space bar, Finder and system shortcuts
  • Fn-A Show or hide the Dock. Apple Support, Mac keyboard shortcuts, Fn-A

On a Windows PC

Apple’s table of Windows keys on a Mac does not pair Fn or Globe with a Windows key, and Microsoft’s list of Windows shortcuts does not name one.

The character: U+1F310 GLOBE WITH MERIDIANS

To type or paste it anywhere, copy this: 🌐. It is U+1F310 in Unicode, named GLOBE WITH MERIDIANS, shown in the code chart Unicode Consortium, Code chart: Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs, U+1F300 to U+1F5FF, U+1F310

Apple’s list shows the Globe key as a picture, not as a character, so there is no official code point for the key itself. The nearest Unicode character is the globe with meridians; the names list notes it is used to indicate international input source, world clocks with time zones, etc.. Unicode Consortium, NamesList.txt, The Unicode Standard 18.0.0 (character names and annotations), U+1F310

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Sources

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