Bone Emoji

People

A single, white, dog-style bone shown from a side profile. It features the rounded ends characteristic of a femur or a classic cartoon-style scavenger bone.

Usage Context

Frequently used in conversations about dogs, pets, or treats. Beyond animals, it is often sent to represent something being 'bare bones,' hard work, or spooky themes alongside the 💀 skull emoji. It also appears in contexts regarding injury, health, or fossils.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2018 as part of Emoji 11.0, the bone was a highly requested addition to bridge the gap between pet-related communication and anatomical representations that were previously only possible using the skull or skeleton icons.

Details

Glyph

🦴

Unicode

U+1F9B4

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9b4:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDB4;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory body-parts

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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