Unicode keeps the teddy bear with the toys, not with the animals. So Bear is first here and Teddy bear second, for teddy bear emoji copy and paste, then Polar bear and their cousins, eight one-line text teddies and twelve combos.
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Bear emoji copy and paste: one face, three bears
Bear is the animal: Unicode names the character Bear face, and CLDR files it under grizzly, growl and honey. Polar bear is Bear joined to Snowflake, from Emoji 13.0. Teddy bear is a separate character from Emoji 11.0, filed in Activities between the puzzle piece and the piΓ±ata.
Text teddies with letters for ears
c(βα΄₯β)Ι has a letter for each ear: a plain c, and Ι, which Unicode names Latin small letter open o. The muzzle is α΄₯, Latin letter ain, and each eye is a circle with one quarter left white. [c(βα΄₯β)Ι] puts the teddy in a box.
η is the Han character whose Unihan definition opens with a bear: xiΓ³ng in Mandarin, kuma in Japanese.
Yo-yo is the only other emoji CLDR files under toy.
Questions and answers
Is there a teddy bear emoji?
Yes. Teddy bear is U+1F9F8, from Emoji 11.0. CLDR's search words for it are bear, plaything, plush, stuffed, teddy and toy. It is the second tile on this page.
Is the bear emoji a teddy bear?
No. Bear, U+1F43B, is the animal's face and has been in the list since Emoji 0.6. Teddy bear is a different character that Unicode files with games and toys. CLDR files both under the word bear.
Why does the polar bear show as a bear and a snowflake?
Polar bear is a joined sequence: Bear, a zero width joiner and Snowflake. An app with one picture for the set shows a polar bear; an app without shows the two parts side by side.
How do you type a bear face?
Copy it. The muzzle α΄₯, which Unicode names Latin letter ain, has no key on a US keyboard, and neither do the right ear Ι or the round eyes. Only the left ear, a plain c, and the parentheses are on the keys.
All 30 bear items
Teddy bear and the bears 8
π»BearU+1F43B. The animal. The character's Unicode name is Bear face. Filed under grizzly, growl and honey. Emoji 0.6.
π―Honey potU+1F36F. Also filed under bear. Emoji 0.6.
π¨KoalaU+1F428. One of the five emoji CLDR files under bear. Emoji 0.6.
πΌPandaU+1F43C. Filed under bamboo. Emoji 0.6.
πΎPaw printsU+1F43E. Filed under paw and prints. Emoji 0.6.
π»ββοΈPolar bearU+1F43B U+200D U+2744 U+FE0F. Bear joined to Snowflake, so an app without the pair shows both. Emoji 13.0.
π§ΈTeddy bearU+1F9F8. Unicode files it with toys and games, in the group Activities, between Puzzle piece and PiΓ±ata. CLDR's words: bear, plaything, plush, stuffed, teddy and toy. Emoji 11.0.
πͺYo-yoU+1FA80. The only other emoji CLDR files under toy. Emoji 12.0.
Bear in Han characters 2
ηBear, the Han characterU+718A. Unihan's definition opens with a bear. Mandarin reading xiΓ³ng; kuma in Japanese.
ηΎBrown bear, the Han characterU+7F86. Unihan defines it as brown bear, Ursus arctos. Mandarin reading pΓ; higuma in Japanese.
Text teddy bears, one line 8
c(-α΄₯-)Ι zzzAsleep
c(^α΄₯^)ΙSmiling
c(βα΄₯β)ΙA teddy: letters for round ears, part-filled circles for button eyes
c(βα΄₯β)Ι c(βα΄₯β)Ι c(βα΄₯β)ΙThree on a shelf
[c(βα΄₯β)Ι]In a box
c(βα΄₯β)Ιβ‘With a heart
c(βα΄₯β)ΙγWaving
c(βα΄₯β)Ιπ―With a honey pot
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Bear combos 12
π»ββοΈπ§Arctic icePolar bear, then ice.
π§ΈποΈBedtime with a teddyTeddy bear, then bed.
π§Έπ§ΊPicnic with a teddyTeddy bear, then basket. Basket is from Emoji 11.0.
π»ββοΈπPolar plungePolar bear, then water wave.
π»πSalmon runBear, then fish.
π§ΈπStory time with a teddyTeddy bear, then open book.
ππ§ΈTeddy as a giftWrapped gift, then teddy bear.
ππ§ΈTeddy goes to schoolBackpack, then teddy bear.
π§Έπ«§Teddy in the washTeddy bear, then bubbles. Bubbles is from Emoji 14.0.
π»π»π»π₯£Three bears and their porridgeBear, then bear, then bear, then bowl with spoon. In the fairy tale, as Wikipedia retells it, a visitor eats some of the bears' porridge.
How this list was compiled: Built on 2026-10-01 from sources read that day. The emoji, their names, code points and Emoji version numbers are from the Unicode emoji list, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt); names are the CLDR short names printed in that file. Search words are from the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml and https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotationsDerived/en.xml). Teddy bear is U+1F9F8, Emoji 11.0, in the group Activities, subgroup game, between Puzzle piece and PiΓ±ata; Bear is U+1F43B, Emoji 0.6, and Polar bear is Bear, a zero width joiner and Snowflake, Emoji 13.0. CLDR files Bear, Polar bear, Koala, Honey pot and Teddy bear under bear, and Yo-yo and Teddy bear under toy. Every character that is not an emoji was checked against UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt). Han definitions and readings are from the Unihan database, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/Unihan.zip). The three bears are from Wikipedia, Goldilocks and the Three Bears (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldilocks_and_the_Three_Bears, CC BY-SA 4.0), restated. The text teddies, drawn with the letters c and Ι for ears, and the combos are this site's own work. Licence: own work: the selection, the combo names, the text drawings and the notes are this site's own. Emoji names, code points and search words are Unicode and CLDR data, and the Han definitions are Unihan data, used under the Unicode License v3 (https://www.unicode.org/license.txt). Facts from Wikipedia are restated in this site's own words and credited in the source line.