polar bear
Unicode: 1F43B 200D 2744 FE0F
Description
A brown bear face emoji combined with a snowflake emoji, depicting a polar bear or a bear in a snowy, cold environment.
Group:
Animals & Nature > animal-mammal
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Often conveys a sense of cold, winter, or the arctic. Can also represent a specific type of bear (polar bear or brown bear experiencing cold) or a chilly atmosphere. Less directly associated with human emotions but rather environmental conditions or animal characteristics.
Backstory
This is an example of an Emoji ZWJ Sequence. The 'bear face' (🐻 U+1F43B) combined with a 'zero width joiner' (U+200D) and a 'snowflake' (❄️ U+2744), with a 'variation selector-16' (U+FE0F) to ensure emoji presentation, renders as a single emoji on supported platforms. While 'polar bear' does not have its own specific Unicode point, this sequence is widely adopted to represent it, especially after its appearance in the Unicode 13.0 (2020) emoji list as a distinct emoji display.
Usage Examples
- Talking about the winter season: 'It's so cold outside, feels like polar bear weather 🐻❄️'
- Referring to polar bears: 'Save the polar bears! 🐻❄️ Their habitat is melting.'
- Expressing a feeling of coldness playfully: 'Brrr, my fingers are freezing! 🐻❄️'
- Discussing arctic expeditions: 'Exploring the serene Arctic with 🐻❄️'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Frequently used to evoke images of winter, Christmas, arctic animals, or cold weather related activities.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage to Western culture, often associated with winter seasons, cute cold-weather animals, or expressing a feeling of coldness.