What does ๐ปโโ๏ธ Polar Bear mean?
A white polar bear, formed by combining ๐ป with โ๏ธ. It evokes the Arctic, snow and freezing temperatures, so people send it on cold mornings or after a polar plunge. Climate campaigns use it to talk about melting sea ice and threatened wildlife. Because it is a combined emoji added in 2020, older devices may show a brown bear and a snowflake side by side.
๐ปโโ๏ธ Polar Bear is an emoji from the Animals & Nature category (mammals), added in Emoji 13.0 in 2020. People use it in messages about animal, arctic and white.
Example messages
๐ปโโ๏ธ Polar Bear on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Polar Bear looks on each platform.
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Polar Bear emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Polar Bear emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ปโโ๏ธ 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 :polar_bear:.
When was the Polar Bear emoji added?
๐ปโโ๏ธ Polar Bear was added in Emoji 13.0, released in 2020. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does ๐ปโโ๏ธ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Polar Bear. The underlying code (U+1F43B U+200D U+2744 U+FE0F) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.