63 of these 87 bear kaomoji wear ʕ and ʔ for ears, 16 have a muzzle in brackets of its own, as in (´(ｴ)｀), and 6 have no ears at all. Tap one and it is copied.
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Find a bear, tap it
Tap a tile and the face is on your clipboard. The groups go by what shows: the face alone, a mood, paws up, something held, a head of round brackets, then pandas, koalas and pairs. The last group adds a word. Search reads the labels: hug finds 4, panda 3, honey 2, and earless finds the 6 without ears.
The words beside the bears
The glosses are Wiktionary's. クマ and 熊 are both kuma, bear. ガオー is a roar, the sound of a monster or big animal. 冬眠, tōmin, is hibernation, and 蜂蜜, hachimitsu, is honey. 子熊 is a cub, 白熊 a polar bear, ぬいぐるみ a stuffed toy and もふもふ fluffy.
The left ear ʕ is Latin letter pharyngeal voiced fricative; the right ear ʔ is Latin letter glottal stop. Both are phonetic alphabet letters.
Everyday characters keeps 16, each with a muzzle in its own brackets: (ｴ) holds a Halfwidth katakana letter e. The other 71 borrow a character.
|ᴥ•ʔ is the shortest at 4 code points: half a bear behind a wall. Short keeps the 32 of 6 or fewer.
Questions and answers
What does ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ mean?
A bear looking at you. ʕ and ʔ are the ears, the bullets are eyes and ᴥ is the muzzle. In the International Phonetic Alphabet ʔ is the glottal stop, which Wikipedia calls the catch halfway through uh-oh.
What is the ᴥ symbol?
Latin letter ain, U+1D25, from Unicode's Phonetic Extensions block. It is the muzzle in 59 of the 87 faces here. Five use ㉨ instead, which is Circled Hangul cieuc, and 16 have a bracketed muzzle, a katakana e in all but one.
Is there a panda or koala kaomoji?
Yes. Black circles for eyes make a panda, ʕ●ᴥ●ʔ or (●(ｴ)●), and one black circle for a nose makes a koala, ʕ・●・ʔ. Each is here again with its Japanese name, パンダ and コアラ. Search panda or koala.
Is there a bear hug kaomoji?
Yes, four. ʕっ•ᴥ•ʔっ reaches out with both paws, and ⊂(￣(ｴ)￣)⊃ opens its arms wide. One bear hugs a second bear, and one has bear hug spelled out beside it. Search hug for all four.
All 87 bear kaomoji
Just the face 14
ʕ>㉨<ʔScrunched eyes, circled muzzle. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ㉨ from Hangul.
ʕ^ᴥ^ʔCaret eyes, smiling. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ´•ᴥ•`ʔTwo accents for soft brows. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ·ᴥ·ʔMiddle dots for smaller eyes. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕᵔᴥᵔʔTop half o for arched eyes. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᵔ ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ•ω•ʔOmega mouth in place of the muzzle. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions.
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔTwo phonetic letters for ears, bullet eyes. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ•ₒ•ʔSubscript o for a small round mouth. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions.
ʕ•ㅅ•ʔHangul sios for a small mouth. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ㅅ from Hangul.
ʕ•㉨•ʔCircled Hangul cieuc for the muzzle. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ㉨ from Hangul.
ʕ⊙ᴥ⊙ʔCircled dots, wide awake. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ◠ᴥ◠ʔUpper half circles for eyes, beaming. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ￫ᴥ￩ʔHalfwidth arrows for eyes, pointing in. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʢ•ᴥ•ʡEars with a stroke through the stem. Borrows ʢ ʡ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
Show all 87 bear kaomoji (73 more)
Moods 13
ʕ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°ʔThe Lenny face with bear ears. Borrows ʕ ʖ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ◌͡ ◌͜ from Combining Diacritical Marks.
ʕ-ᴥ-ʔEyes shut, a hyphen each. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ;ᴥ;ʔSemicolons for tears. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ>ᴥ•ʔOne eye shut, winking. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ°ロ°ʔSquare mouth, shocked. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions.
ʕ˶•ᴥ•˶ʔDouble accents for a blush. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕಠᴥಠʔKannada ttha eyes, disapproving. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions, ಠ from Kannada and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ•̀ᴥ•́ʔSet brows, not backing down. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions, ◌̀ ◌́ from Combining Diacritical Marks and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ•́ᴥ•̀ʔBrows tilted up, sorry. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions, ◌́ ◌̀ from Combining Diacritical Marks and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ⌐■ᴥ■ʔDark glasses. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ╥ᴥ╥ʔBox drawing tears, streaming. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ｀ᴥ´ʔBrows down, growling. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ-ᴥ-ʔ zzZAsleep for the winter. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
Paws up 11
\ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ/A backslash and a slash for raised paws. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
¯\_ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ_/¯Shrugging. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕง•ᴥ•ʔงFists up, Thai ngo ngu for each. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions, ง from Thai and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔﾉA katakana no for a waving paw. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ╯•ᴥ•ʔ╯︵ ┻━┻Flipping a table. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕっ•ᴥ•ʔっReaching out with both paws. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕノ•ᴥ•ʔノBoth paws thrown up. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ฅʕ•ᴥ•ʔฅPaw pads showing, a Thai kho khon each. Borrows ฅ from Thai, ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ᕦʕ•ᴥ•ʔᕤFlexing, Canadian syllabics for arms. Borrows ᕦ ᕤ from Canadian Aboriginal, ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
┏ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ┛Dancing, one arm down and one up. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
┬─┬ノʕ•ᴥ•ノʔSetting the table back down. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
Hearts, honey and a fish 8
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ⊃<><A fish in one paw. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ⊃[蜜]A pot marked mitsu, honey. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ⊃━☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟCasting a spell with a star wand. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ⊃✿A flower in one paw. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ⋈Beside the character Unicode names Bowtie. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ♪Humming, one eighth note. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ♡˙ᴥ˙♡ʔA heart on each cheek. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕっ•ᴥ•ʔっ♡Holding out an outline heart. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
Round brackets for a head 20
(*・(エ)・*)Full size katakana e, cheeks marked
(*￣(ｴ)￣*)Flat eyes, asterisk cheeks
(^(ｴ)^)Caret eyes over the muzzle
(^㉨^)No ears, caret eyes, circled muzzle. Borrows ㉨ from Hangul.
(´(ｪ)｀)Small katakana e, a smaller muzzle
(´(ｴ)｀)A katakana e in brackets for the muzzle
(๑•ᴥ•๑)No ears, Thai digit one for each cheek. Borrows ๑ from Thai and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
(ᵔᴥᵔ)No ears, arched eyes. Borrows ᵔ ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
(•ᴥ•)No ears: the ain muzzle in plain brackets. Borrows ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
(•㉨•)No ears, circled muzzle. Borrows ㉨ from Hangul.
(≧(ｴ)≦)Squeezed eyes over the muzzle
(・(ｴ)・)Dot eyes either side of the muzzle
(｀(ｴ)´)Brows down over the muzzle
(￣(工)￣)The muzzle is a kanji here
(￣(ｴ)￣)ﾉOne paw raised
⊂(￣(ｴ)￣)⊃Arms out wide, flat eyes
ヽ(￣(ｴ)￣)ﾉBoth paws in the air
(ó㉨ò)No ears, accented o for each worried eye. Borrows ㉨ from Hangul.
(T(ｴ)T)Capital T for streaming eyes
(￣(ｴ)￣) zzZDozing off, flat eyes
Pandas, koalas and company 8
(●(ｴ)●)Panda patches on the round muzzle type
|ᴥ•ʔHalf a bear round the edge of a wall. Borrows ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions and ʔ from IPA Extensions.
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔʕ·ᴥ·ʔBear and cub. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔʕ•ᴥ•ʔʕ·ᴥ·ʔThree bears, the last one small. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ人ʕ•ᴥ•ʔTwo bears, paws together. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ●ᴥ●ʔBlack circles for a panda's eye patches. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕっ•ᴥ•ʔっʕ^ᴥ^ʔOne bear hugging another. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ・●・ʔA big black nose, for a koala. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions.
With a word 13
(´(ｴ)｀) 熊Kuma again, as one kanji
ʕ-ᴥ-ʔ 冬眠Tōmin, hibernation. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ·ᴥ·ʔ 子熊Koguma, a bear cub. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ もふもふMofumofu, fluffy. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ クマKuma, bear, in katakana. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ 白熊Shirokuma, polar bear. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ 蜂蜜Hachimitsu, honey. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ⋈ ぬいぐるみNuigurumi, a stuffed toy. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ●ᴥ●ʔ パンダPanda, in katakana. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ・●・ʔ コアラKoara, koala. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions.
ʕ｀ᴥ´ʔ ガオーGaō, a roar. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕっ•ᴥ•ʔっ bear hugBear hug, in plain letters. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.
ʕ｀ᴥ´ʔ rawrRawr, in plain letters. Borrows ʕ ʔ from IPA Extensions and ᴥ from Phonetic Extensions.