Bear

🐻 Bear is one of the mammals in Unicode's Animals & Nature group. In practice it comes up around animal, face, grizzly and growl. The keyword list continues with honey.

🐻 fits messaging apps, social networks and anywhere a short visual cue helps. On SmileyZone it is filed under Emotions and Feelings. Added in 2010 with Emoji 0.6, it displays correctly on every up-to-date system. Its code point is U+1F43B.

• 🐻 on its own already flags the topic: animal.
• Fits messages about animal, face, grizzly and growl.
• Often seen near 🐻‍❄️ Polar Bear, 🦇 Bat and 🦔 Hedgehog.

• 🐻🦥 – Bear and Sloth
• 🐻🦫 – Bear with Beaver
• 🐻🦨 – Bear plus Skunk
• 🐻🐼 – Bear and Panda
• 🐻🐨 – Bear with Koala
• 🐻🐰 – Bear plus Rabbit Face
• 🐻🐿️ – Bear and Chipmunk
• 🐻🦇 – Bear with Bat

Easy to mix up with 🐻‍❄️ Polar Bear, 🦇 Bat or 🦔 Hedgehog. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.