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Bone

🦴 is the bone emoji, part of Unicode's People & Body group, added in Emoji 11.0 (2018). Unicode's keyword list links it with “bones”, “dog”, “skeleton”, and “wishbone”.

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Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium
Unicode name
BONE
CLDR short name
bone
Codepoint
U+1F9B4
Hex
1F9B4
Emoji version
11.0
Unicode version
11.0
First released
2018
Unicode group
People & Body
Unicode subgroup
body-parts
Status
Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)

Data verified 2026-10-21 · Unicode Emoji 16.0 · How this data is built

GitHub shortcode

From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.

:bone:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

bone · bones · dog · skeleton · wishbone

Tags

dogbone

How it looks

Bone — Fluent 3D
Fluent 3D
Bone — Fluent Color
Fluent Color
Bone — Fluent Flat
Fluent Flat
Your device

Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)

Download as image

Renders 🦴 with your system emoji font into PNG, WebP, or SVG. Pick a pixel size, then download.

Note: PNG and WebP use the emoji font installed on your device (Apple Color Emoji on macOS/iOS, Segoe UI Emoji on Windows, Noto Color Emoji on Android/Linux), so the look matches your platform. SVG embeds the character as text — rendering depends on the viewer.

Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of 🦴. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.

Questions people ask

What does the 🦴 bone emoji mean?
🦴 is the bone emoji, part of Unicode's People & Body group, added in Emoji 11.0 (2018). Unicode's keyword list links it with “bones”, “dog”, “skeleton”, and “wishbone”.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🦴?
U+1F9B4, named BONE in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 🦴 bone emoji released?
It was added in Emoji 11.0, published in 2018, alongside Unicode 11.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
How do I type 🦴 on my phone or computer?
On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “bone”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 🦴 from this page with one click.
What is the shortcode for 🦴?
On GitHub, type :bone: and it turns into 🦴 — that code comes from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.