# 🐻‍❄️ Polar bear emoji

🐻‍❄️ Polar bear is an emoji in the mammals set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 13.0 in 2020. Related words: animal, arctic and white.

- Emoji: 🐻‍❄️
- Unicode name: polar bear
- Code points: U+1F43B U+200D U+2744 U+FE0F
- Category: Animals & nature, Mammals
- Added: Emoji 13.0 (2020)
- GitHub shortcode: :polar_bear:
- Keywords: animal, arctic, bear, polar, white
- Page: https://emojichart.com/polar-bear-emoji

## What it means

White fur marks this polar bear, the big bear of the Arctic. It is used for polar bears, snow and cold weather, wildlife, and as a symbol in conversations about climate change and melting sea ice.

## What it's made of

🐻‍❄️ is 4 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🐻 [Bear](https://emojichart.com/bear-emoji.md) (U+1F43B)
2. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
3. ❄️ [Snowflake](https://emojichart.com/snowflake-emoji.md) (U+2744 U+FE0F)
4. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji style (U+FE0F)

## How to type 🐻‍❄️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “polar bear”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “polar bear”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “polar bear”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “polar bear”.
- GitHub: Type :polar_bear: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | oso polar | ártico, blanco, oso, polar |
| Français (fr) | ours polaire | arctique, blanc, ours, ours polaire |
| Deutsch (de) | Eisbär | Arktis, Eisbär, Nordpol, weiß |
| Italiano (it) | orso polare | bianco, orso, polare |
| Português (pt) | urso polar | ártico, branco, urso, urso polar |
| Nederlands (nl) | ijsbeer | beer, ijsbeer, noordpool, wit |
| Svenska (sv) | isbjörn | djur, isbjörn, vit |
| Polski (pl) | niedźwiedź polarny | arktyczny, biały, buźka, miś, niedźwiedź, polarny |
| Türkçe (tr) | kutup ayısı | arktik, ayı, beyaz, kutup ayısı |
| Русский (ru) | морда белого медведя | белый медведь, животное, медведь, морда белого медведя, полярный медведь, северный полюс |
| Українська (uk) | полярний ведмідь | арктичний, білий, ведмідь, полярний |
| Ελληνικά (el) | πολική αρκούδα | αρκούδα, αρκτική, λευκή, πολική αρκούδα |
| العربية (ar) | دب قطبي | أبيض, القطب الشمالي, دب, دب قطبي |
| עברית (he) | דוב קוטב | ארקטי, דוב, לבן, קוטב |
| فارسی (fa) | خرس قطبی | خرس, سفید, قطبی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | ध्रुवीय भालू | आर्कटिक, ध्रुवीय भालू, भालू, सफेद |
| বাংলা (bn) | পোলার বিয়ার | পোলার বিয়ার, ভল্লুক, মেরু ভল্লুক, সাদা, সুমেরু |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | beruang kutub | arktika, beruang, beruang kutub, putih |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | Gấu trắng Bắc Cực | bắc cực, động vật, gấu, gấu bắc cực, trắng |
| ไทย (th) | หมีขั้วโลก | ขั้วโลกเหนือ, ขาว, หมี, หมีขั้วโลก |
| 日本語 (ja) | シロクマ | クマ, シロクマ, ホッキョクグマ, 動物, 北極, 白 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 북극곰 | 곰, 동물, 백곰, 북극, 북극곰, 흰곰 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 北极熊 | 北极, 北极熊, 熊, 白色 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 北極熊 | 北極熊, 極地, 熊, 白色 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): ysbeer
- Akan (ak): pola sisire
- Albanian (sq): ari polar
- Amharic (am): የዋልታ ድብ
- Anii (blo): ursifɔnɔ
- Armenian (hy): բևեռային արջ
- Assamese (as): বগা ভালুক
- Azerbaijani (az): qütb ayısı
- Bashkir (ba): аҡ айыу башы
- Basque (eu): hartz zuria
- Belarusian (be): белы мядзведзь
- Bosnian (bs): polarni medvjed
- Breton (br): arzh gwenn
- Bulgarian (bg): бяла мечка
- Burmese (my): ဝင်ရိုးစွန်း ဝက်ဝံ
- Cantonese (yue): 北極熊
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 北极熊
- Catalan (ca): os polar
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏁᏍᏓᎳ ᏲᎾ
- Chuvash (cv): шурӑ упа пуҫӗ
- Croatian (hr): polarni medvjed
- Czech (cs): hlava ledního medvěda
- Danish (da): isbjørn
- Estonian (et): jääkaru
- Faroese (fo): hvítabjørn
- Filipino (fil): polar bear
- Finnish (fi): jääkarhu
- Galician (gl): oso polar
- Georgian (ka): პოლარული დათვი
- Gujarati (gu): ધ્રુવીય રીંછ
- Hausa (ha): dabban karshen duniya
- Hungarian (hu): jegesmedve
- Icelandic (is): ísbjörn
- Igbo (ig): bịar oyi
- Irish (ga): béar bán
- Javanese (jv): beruang kutub
- Kannada (kn): ಹಿಮಕರಡಿ
- Kazakh (kk): полярлық аю
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): پوليارلىق ايۋ
- Khmer (km): ខ្លាឃ្មុំតំបន់ប៉ូល
- Konkani (kok): ध्रुवीय वांस्वेल
- Kyrgyz (ky): полярдык аюу
- Lao (lo): ໝີ​ຂົ້ວ​ໂລກ
- Latvian (lv): polārlācis
- Lithuanian (lt): baltoji meška
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): běły mjadwjeź
- Macedonian (mk): поларна мечка
- Malay (ms): beruang kutub
- Malayalam (ml): ഹിമക്കരടി
- Marathi (mr): ध्रुवीय अस्वल
- Mongolian (mn): цагаан баавгай
- Nepali (ne): ध्रुवीय भालु
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pólá Bẹ́a
- Norwegian (no): isbjørn
- Odia (or): ଧଳା ଭାଲୁ
- Oromo (om): poolaar biir
- Pashto (ps): قطبی خرس
- Punjabi (pa): ਧਰੁਵੀ ਭਾਲੂ
- Quechua (qu): polar jukumari
- Romanian (ro): urs polar
- Romansh (rm): urs polar
- Sardinian (sc): ursu polare
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): mathan-bàn
- Serbian (sr): поларни медвед
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): поларни медвјед
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): polarni medved
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): polarni medvjed
- Shan (shn): မီၶၢဝ်
- Sindhi (sd): پولر رِڇ
- Sinhala (si): හිම වලහා
- Slovak (sk): ľadový medveď
- Slovenian (sl): severni medved
- Somali (so): oorso waqooyi
- Swahili (sw): dubu barafu
- Tamil (ta): பனிக் கரடி
- Telugu (te): ధృవపు ఎలుగుబంటి
- Tigrinya (ti): ዋልታዊ ድቢ
- Turkmen (tk): polýar aýy
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): hłowa běłeho mjedwjedźa
- Urdu (ur): قطبی ریچھ
- Uzbek (uz): qutb ayig‘i
- Welsh (cy): arth wen
- Yoruba (yo): ẹranko beari funfun tí ń gbé orí yìnyín
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɛranko beari funfun tí ń gbé orí yìnyín
- Zulu (zu): polar bear

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F43B U+200D U+2744 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🐻‍❄️` |
| CSS | `\1F43B\200D\2744\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F43B}\u{200D}\u{2744}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F43B\u200D\u2744\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 90 BB E2 80 8D E2 9D 84 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC3B 200D 2744 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%90%BB%E2%80%8D%E2%9D%84%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🐻‍❄️ polar bear emoji mean?

White fur marks this polar bear, the big bear of the Arctic. It is used for polar bears, snow and cold weather, wildlife, and as a symbol in conversations about climate change and melting sea ice.

### How do I type the 🐻‍❄️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “polar bear”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :polar_bear:.

### When was the 🐻‍❄️ emoji added?

🐻‍❄️ was added in Emoji 13.0, released in 2020.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🐻‍❄️?

U+1F43B U+200D U+2744 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🐻‍❄️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F43B}\u{200D}\u{2744}\u{FE0F}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/polar-bear-emoji