\begin{center}
    \begin{tikzpicture}
            \draw[step = 0.5cm, gray, very thin] (-3.25, -2.25) grid (3.25, 0.25);
    
            \node[HE round, scale = 2] (Bempty) at (-1.5, -1.0) {};
            \node[anchor = south] at (0, 0.25) {\textbf{\textbackslash node[HE round, scale = 2]}};
            \node[HE round, scale = 2] (B) at (1.5, -1.0) {};
            \node[cross] at (B.center) {};
            \node[anchor = west, font = \tiny] at (B.center) {C};
            \node[cross] at (B.east) {};
            \node[anchor = west, font = \tiny] at (B.east) {E};
            \node[cross] at (B.west) {};
            \node[anchor = east, font = \tiny] at (B.west) {W};
            \node[cross] at (B.north) {};
            \node[anchor = south west, font = \tiny] at (B.north) {N};
            \node[cross] at (B.south) {};
            \node[anchor = north west, font = \tiny] at (B.south) {S};
            \node[cross] at (B.northeast) {};
            \node[anchor = south, font = \tiny] at (B.northeast) {NE};
            \node[cross] at (B.far northeast) {};
            \node[anchor = south, font = \tiny] at (B.far northeast) {fNE};
            \node[cross] at (B.southeast) {};
            \node[anchor = north, font = \tiny] at (B.southeast) {SE};
            \node[cross] at (B.far southeast) {};
            \node[anchor = north, font = \tiny] at (B.far southeast) {fSE};
            \node[cross] at (B.northwest) {};
            \node[anchor = east, font = \tiny] at (B.northwest) {NW};
            \node[cross] at (B.southwest) {};
            \node[anchor = east, font = \tiny] at (B.southwest) {SW};
    \end{tikzpicture}
\end{center}