A bone which may be used for a dog to chew on, or as a part of the human body. The type of bone is not specified. To represent the existence and structure of bones in human body, this bone emoji is widely used in the research and medical field. Also, apart from these 2 fields, its active use is done on various social media platforms while promoting a particular agenda or even any content related to skeletal structures of human body.
HISTORY:
As compared to the emojis of other internal and external parts of human body, the bone emoji is quite ancient as it was accepted by Unicode for standardization in the year 2010 itself. Even after the rapid popularity and widespreadness of this emoji, the structure and design of the emoji has remained the same over all these years.
USES:
A perfect representation of skeletons, remains, and bones is done through this emoji and that is why using it is done throughout the world. Also, some may relate to this emoji in the context that they are giving a bone as a meal to their dogs. The figurative meaning of this emoji is something that is regular and very much necessary in people's everyday lives.
Name | Bone |
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Codepoint | U+1F9B4 |
Unicode | Bone |
Apple Name | Bone |
Android Name | |
Shortcode | :bone: (GitHub, Slack, Discord) |