Bone emoji copy and paste starts with one emoji that Unicode keeps with the body parts, between Tooth and Eyes, and CLDR files under dog. Then come skulls, dinosaurs, 14 characters that are not emoji, text bones and 16 combos.
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Dice finds a Russian bone
Wishbone finds the bone and its combo. Dice finds Game die, Roll the bones and ΠΊΠΎΡΡΡ, a Russian word that means both bone and die. Text symbol finds three entries that are not emoji.
Filed under dog, and not with the skulls
Bone arrived in Emoji 11.0 with Tooth, Leg and Foot. CLDR files it under bone, bones, dog, skeleton and wishbone. X-ray is the only other emoji under bones or skeleton. Skull is under neither, and not under bone. Shovel, from Emoji 16.0, is the newest here, so check it where it is going.
Tips
The funny bone is not a bone. Wiktionary defines it as the ulnar nerve in the elbow.
CLDR files 11 emoji under halloween. Bone, Skull and Skull and crossbones are not among them.
Questions and answers
Is there a skeleton emoji?
No emoji is named skeleton. CLDR files the word under two, Bone and X-ray, and files skull under three: Skull, Skull and crossbones and X-ray. The combo Crossbones, unassembled gives you one skull and two bones to arrange.
Is there a dog bone emoji?
Unicode has one bone, U+1F9B4, and it is the dog's: dog is one of its five CLDR search words and the only animal among them. For a bone in plain text, Ζ===3 is five characters of ordinary text.
Is there a bone symbol that is not an emoji?
Four Unicode names contain the word bone and two are not emoji: CJK radical bone and Kangxi radical bone, both forms of ιͺ¨. For the shape, β― is a bar with a ring at each end. Five hieroglyphs show actual bones.
π¦΄BoneU+1F9B4. One of four emoji CLDR files under bone and the only one under wishbone. Unicode keeps it with the body parts, between Tooth and Eyes, not with the animals or the food. Emoji 11.0.
πMeat on boneU+1F356. The only other emoji with bone in its name. CLDR gives it two search words, bone and meat. Emoji 0.6.
πPoultry legU+1F357. A drumstick, filed under bone, chicken, turkey and hungry. Emoji 0.6.
πSkullU+1F480. Filed under skull, dead and death, and not under bone. Emoji 0.6.
β οΈSkull and crossbonesU+2620 U+FE0F. The fourth emoji under bone, and the only one under crossbones. Wikipedia calls it a standard symbol for poison, on labels since the 1850s. Emoji 1.0.
πDogU+1F415. The whole dog, for carrying one off. Emoji 0.7.
πΆDog faceU+1F436. CLDR files Bone under dog, the only animal among its five search words. Emoji 0.6.
π²Game dieU+1F3B2. Here because the Russian word for bone, further down, is also the word for a die. Emoji 0.6.
π΄ββ οΈPirate flagU+1F3F4 U+200D U+2620 U+FE0F. Four code points: black flag, a joiner, skull and crossbones and a variation selector. CLDR files it under Jolly and Roger. Emoji 11.0.
π¦SauropodU+1F995. The other emoji under dinosaur. CLDR has no word fossil for anything. Emoji 5.0.
πͺShovelU+1FA8F. The only emoji CLDR files under dig. Also under bury and hole. Emoji 16.0.
π¦T-RexU+1F996. Wishbone owner: Wikipedia lists tyrannosaurids among the dinosaurs found with one. Emoji 5.0.
π¦·ToothU+1F9B7. The entry just before Bone in Unicode's list. Both arrived together, with Leg and Foot. Emoji 11.0.
π¦TurkeyU+1F983. The wishbone, or furcula, is a forked bone found in most birds. This is the bird it is usually pulled from. Emoji 1.0.
Bone characters, not emoji 14
π±Black skull and crossbonesU+1F571 Black skull and crossbones. A plain symbol from Unicode 7.0 that never became an emoji, so it takes the colour of your text.
ιͺ¨Bone in Chinese and JapaneseU+9AA8 CJK unified ideograph-9AA8. Unihan defines it as bone, skeleton, frame and framework: gΗ in Mandarin, hone in Japanese.
ι«Bone marrowU+9AD3 CJK unified ideograph-9AD3. Unihan defines it as bone marrow, and as essences. Read suΗ in Mandarin.
βΎ»Bone radicalU+2FBB Kangxi radical bone. Radical 188. Dictionaries file the characters for skeleton, skull and marrow under it.
⻣Bone radical, short formU+2EE3 CJK radical bone. One of four characters with the word bone in their Unicode name. Unicode equates it with U+9AA8, the character for bone.
πFossil bones (hieroglyph)U+132C9 Egyptian hieroglyph R022. Unicode describes it as two bones of a fossil squid, a belemnite. The nearest thing here to a fossil.
πJawbone (hieroglyph)U+13112 Egyptian hieroglyph F019. The lower jawbone of an ox, by Unicode's description.
π―Leg bone with meat (hieroglyph)U+1312F Egyptian hieroglyph F044. Unicode describes it as a leg-bone with meat, which makes it the older Meat on bone.
ιͺΈSkeleton, or leg boneU+9AB8 CJK unified ideograph-9AB8. Unihan defines it as skeleton, body and leg bone. Read hΓ‘i in Mandarin.
ι«Skull, first characterU+9AD1 CJK unified ideograph-9AD1. Skull is the whole Unihan definition. Read dΓΊ in Mandarin.
ι«Skull, second characterU+9ACF CJK unified ideograph-9ACF. Skull and skeleton in Unihan, read lΓ³u. The two together are the word further down.
π¦Spine with ribs (hieroglyph)U+13126 Egyptian hieroglyph F037. A spine with four ribs and a loop at the end of it.
π¨Three vertebrae (hieroglyph)U+13128 Egyptian hieroglyph F038. A piece of spine with three vertebrae, angling forwards.
β―Two rings and a barU+26AF Unmarried partnership symbol. Unicode names it the unmarried partnership symbol. A bar with a ring at each end: on this page it is a bone that takes the colour of your text.
Text bones 6
><+++Β°>Fish skeleton
βββ 𦴠βββDivider with a bone
β― β― β―Three bones in a row
Ζ=3Small biscuit
Ζ===3Dog bone in five characters
(x_x)Dead, as a keyboard face
Three bone words with a story 3
ΠΊΠΎΡΡΡBone in Russian, and a die
ι«ι«Skull in Chinese (dΓΊlΓ³u) and Japanese
MusikantenknochenFunny bone in German: musician bone
Bone combos 16
π¦΄βοΈA bone to pickBone, then pick. A pun on the tool. The phrase means having a complaint to raise with somebody.
π¦΄ποΈBone dryBone, then desert. No rain in the forecast, or none in the glass.
πΆπ¦΄πΆBone of contentionDog face, then bone, then dog face. Wiktionary traces the phrase to two dogs fighting over the same bone.
ππ¦΄π¦΄Crossbones, unassembledSkull, then bone 2 times. One skull and two bones. The assembled version is further up the page.
π¦΄πΆDem bonesBone, then musical notes. The spiritual was first recorded in 1928, by Wikipedia.
πͺπ¦΄π¦Fossil digShovel, then bone, then sauropod. The only emoji under dig, then what it found.
π¦΄πFunny boneBone, then face with tears of joy. Not a bone. Wiktionary defines it as the ulnar nerve in the elbow.
π¦₯π¦΄Lazy bonesSloth, then bone. CLDR files the sloth under lazy, which saves an explanation.
ποΈπ¦π¦΄Museum pieceClassical building, then T-Rex, then bone. The main hall, where the big one stands.
ππ¦΄π₯πOracle boneOx, then bone, then fire, then scroll. Ox shoulder blades and turtle shells, heated for divination in ancient China. Wikipedia calls their inscriptions the earliest known significant body of Chinese writing.
π¦΄π²π²Roll the bonesBone, then game die 2 times. Wiktionary lists bones as slang for dice and for dominoes.
πͺπSkeleton in the closetDoor, then skull. CLDR files the door under closet. Wikipedia finds the phrase in print by 1816.
π¦΄π²Soup boneBone, then pot of food. CLDR files the pot under soup and stew.
πͺ΅πͺ¨π¦΄Sticks and stonesWood, then rock, then bone. May break my bones. Wikipedia finds the rhyme in a newspaper of 1857.
π¦π¦΄β¨WishboneTurkey, then bone, then sparkles. Two people pull and the larger piece gets the wish. Wikipedia dates the custom to the early 17th century, when the bone was a merrythought.