Bear emoji meaning

The bear emoji shows the friendly face of a bear illustrated in a cartoon-like style. Its design typically includes a round, brown face with black eyes and a small, calm smile. This emoji is often associated with ideas of strength, bravery, and the natural world. At the same time, it can represent a sense of comfort, coziness, and warmth, much like how people might view bears as both powerful animals and symbols of care or softness. It is commonly used in discussions about wildlife, outdoor adventures, and nature, but it can also be used to express feelings of protection or simply to add a playful tone to messages.

The bear emoji was approved in Unicode 6.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026