Bear Emoji
Animals
A cartoon-style brown bear face featuring rounded ears, a light-colored muzzle, and a small dark nose. The design presents a friendly, approachable look rather than a realistic depiction of a grizzly or polar bear.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to discuss wildlife, nature, or camping trips. Beyond the literal animal, it is a popular choice for representing teddy bears, expressing affection, or referring to someone who is soft-hearted. It is often paired with the honey pot emoji or the paw prints emoji to build out a forest-themed message.
History
The bear was officially added to the Unicode standard in 2010. It emerged as part of the massive expansion of animal emojis intended to make digital communication more expressive and diverse, drawing heavily from the early illustrated icon sets used on Japanese mobile platforms.
Details
Glyph
🐻
Unicode
U+1F43B
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f43b:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Animals
Subcategory animal-mammal
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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