U+1F77C "🝼" Makemake Unicode Character

U+1F77C "🝼" Makemake is a symbolic glyph representing the dwarf planet Makemake, a trans-Neptunian object located in the Kuiper belt and named after the creation deity in the mythology of the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island. It was added to the Unicode Standard in 2022 as part of the Symbols for Legacy Computing supplement, intended to represent astronomical and planetary symbols, particularly for use in scientific or educational contexts. The character depicts a stylized, glyphic shape resembling a capital letter "M" or an abstract planetary icon, and it serves as a standardized, digital representation for the celestial body, distinct from earlier textual abbreviations or specialized font symbols.