What does 🦴 Bone mean?
A classic cartoon bone, the kind a dog would bury. It appears in chats about dogs and treats, skeletons, Halloween, and broken bones or fractures. The phrase “a bone to pick” makes it handy for grievances, and the word “bone” also has a sexual slang meaning, so it can be read as innuendo. Mostly, though, it is for pets and spooky season.
🦴 Bone is an emoji from the People & Body category (body parts), added in Emoji 11.0 in 2018. People use it in messages about bones, dog, skeleton and wishbone.
Example messages
🦴 Bone on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Bone looks on each platform.
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Bone emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Bone 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 :bone:.
When was the Bone emoji added?
🦴 Bone was added in Emoji 11.0, released in 2018. 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 Bone. The underlying code (U+1F9B4) 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.