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It’s the standard design: <https://emojipedia.org/muted-speaker#designs>

I posted it here hoping to know how the original design came to place. Muted Speaker graphics design is nothing new. I wonder why it was done that way and kept that long. Even Apple's UI graphics is a stroke across the speaker.

Because it’s within a set of three speaker buttons.

The first has no sound, the second a less sound, the third more sound. They correspond to mute (no sound), lower volume (less), raise volume (more).

Within the set of three buttons it’s perfectly sensible and intuitive.

It wouldn’t make sense on its own, but on the keyboard it isn’t.

It matches what it shows when you press that key, so I guess it makes sense

(And of course that orientation matches the usual traffic signs, like No Parking)

Yes, within the set of three speaker icons it makes perfect sense.

If it was a one-off it’s unintuitive, but on the keyboard where it’s used it’s fine.