What does 🦬 Bison mean?
A massive, shaggy bison with a humped back and short horns. It evokes the American West, the Great Plains and national parks like Yellowstone, where bison traffic jams are a tourist rite of passage. Because Americans often call bison buffalo, fans of the Buffalo Bills and lovers of buffalo wings sometimes use it too. It represents strength, endurance and resilience, and it joined the keyboard in 2020.
🦬 Bison is an emoji from the Animals & Nature category (mammals), added in Emoji 13.0 in 2020. People use it in messages about animal, buffalo, herd and wisent.
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🦬 Bison on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Bison looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Bison emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🦬 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :bison:.
When was the Bison emoji added?
🦬 Bison was added in Emoji 13.0, released in 2020. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🦬 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Bison. The underlying code (U+1F9AC) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.