🧸 Teddy Bear

A classic teddy bear, as snuggled by a child when going to sleep.

Depicted as a brown, stuffed toy bear, shown seated with its arms to the sides, hind paw pads facing forward, and a friendly smile on its face. WhatsApp, Twitter, and Facebook’s design include a ribbon around the neck.

Commonly used to convey something or someone is cute or cuddly (e.g., teddy bear as a term of endearment) as well as other warm, loving sentiments (e.g., get well soon). May also be used for various content concerning toys and children more generally.

Not to be confused with 🐻 Bear Face, though their applications may overlap.

Teddy Bear was approved as part of Unicode 11.0 in 2018 and added to Emoji 11.0 in 2018.

🚩 New in 2018: requires updated software.