# 🦴 Bone emoji

🦴 Bone is an emoji in the body parts set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 11.0 in 2018. Related words: bones, dog, skeleton and wishbone.

- Emoji: 🦴
- Unicode name: bone
- Code points: U+1F9B4
- Category: People & body, Body parts
- Added: Emoji 11.0 (2018)
- GitHub shortcode: :bone:
- Keywords: bone, bones, dog, skeleton, wishbone
- Page: https://emojichart.com/bone-emoji

## What it means

A single bone, the sort a dog might chew or a skeleton is made of. It can mean bones, skeletons or dog treats. Fossil and skeleton topics, medical contexts, pets and Halloween call for it.

## How to type 🦴

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | hueso | esqueleto, hueso |
| Français (fr) | os | chien, halloween, os, squelette |
| Deutsch (de) | Knochen | Hund, Hundeknochen, Kauknochen, Knochen, Skelett |
| Italiano (it) | osso | cane, ossa, osso, osso a forchetta, scheletro |
| Português (pt) | osso | cachorro, esqueleto, osso |
| Nederlands (nl) | bot | bot, botten, hond, skelet, vorkbeen |
| Svenska (sv) | benknota | benknota, skelett |
| Polski (pl) | kość | kość, kości, pies, szkielet |
| Türkçe (tr) | kemik | iskelet, kemik, köpek, köpek kemiği, mama |
| Русский (ru) | кость | костлявый, косточка, кость, скелет, собака |
| Українська (uk) | кістка | кальцій, кістка, кісточка, кості, скелет, собака, собачі ласощі |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κόκαλο | γιάντες, κλειδοκόκκαλο, κόκαλο, κόκκαλα, κοκκαλάκια, κόκκαλο, σκελετός, σκύλος, τυχερό κοκκαλάκι |
| العربية (ar) | عظمة | ترقوة, عضمة, عظام, عظم, عظمة, كلب, هيكل, هيكل عظمي |
| עברית (he) | עצם | כלב, עצם, עצמות, שלד |
| فارسی (fa) | استخوان | استخوان, استخوان بندی, استخوان جناق, اسکلت, سگ |
| हिन्दी (hi) | हड्डी | कंकाल, हड्डी |
| বাংলা (bn) | হাড় | কঙ্কাল, কঙ্কালসার, হাড় |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tulang | anjing, tengkorak, tulang, tulang belulang, tulang garpu |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | xương | bộ xương, chó, xương, xương đòn |
| ไทย (th) | กระดูก | กระดูก, โครงกระดูก, สุนัข |
| 日本語 (ja) | 骨 | 犬, 骨, 骨格 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 뼈다귀 | 개, 뼈, 뼈다귀, 스켈레톤, 위시본 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 骨头 | 叉骨, 狗, 骨头, 骨骼 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 骨頭 | 如願骨, 狗, 骨架, 骨頭 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): vleislose been
- Akan (ak): dompe
- Albanian (sq): eshtër
- Amharic (am): አጥንት
- Anii (blo): ŋkǝwa
- Armenian (hy): ոսկոր
- Assamese (as): হাঁড়
- Azerbaijani (az): sümük
- Bashkir (ba): һөйәк
- Basque (eu): hezur
- Belarusian (be): косць
- Bosnian (bs): kost
- Breton (br): askorn
- Bulgarian (bg): кокал
- Burmese (my): အရိုး
- Cantonese (yue): 骨頭
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 骨头
- Catalan (ca): os
- Cherokee (chr): ᎪᎳ
- Chuvash (cv): шӑмӑ
- Croatian (hr): kost
- Czech (cs): kost
- Danish (da): knogle
- Estonian (et): kont
- Faroese (fo): kjøtbein
- Filipino (fil): buto
- Finnish (fi): luu
- Galician (gl): óso
- Georgian (ka): ძვალი
- Gujarati (gu): હાડકાં
- Hausa (ha): ƙashi
- Hungarian (hu): csont
- Icelandic (is): bein
- Igbo (ig): ọkpụkpụ
- Interlingua (ia): osso
- Irish (ga): cnámh
- Javanese (jv): balung
- Kannada (kn): ಮೂಳೆ
- Kazakh (kk): сүйек
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سۇيەك
- Khmer (km): ឆ្អឹង
- Konkani (kok): हाड
- Kyrgyz (ky): сөөк
- Lao (lo): ກະດູກ
- Latvian (lv): kauls
- Lithuanian (lt): kaulas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): kósć
- Macedonian (mk): коска
- Malay (ms): tulang
- Malayalam (ml): എല്ല്
- Marathi (mr): हाड
- Mongolian (mn): яс
- Nepali (ne): हड्डी
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Bon
- Norwegian (no): knokkel
- Odia (or): ହାଡ
- Oromo (om): lafee
- Pashto (ps): هډوکی
- Punjabi (pa): ਹੱਡੀ
- Quechua (qu): tullu
- Romanian (ro): os
- Romansh (rm): oss
- Sardinian (sc): ossu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): cnàimh
- Serbian (sr): кост
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): kost
- Shan (shn): လုပ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): هڏي
- Sinhala (si): අස්ථි
- Slovak (sk): kosť
- Slovenian (sl): kost
- Somali (so): laf
- Swahili (sw): mfupa
- Tamil (ta): எலும்புத்துண்டு
- Telugu (te): ఎముక
- Tigrinya (ti): ዓጽሚ
- Tongan (to): hui
- Turkmen (tk): süňk
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): kósć
- Urdu (ur): ہڈی
- Uzbek (uz): suyak
- Welsh (cy): asgwrn
- Yoruba (yo): eegun
- Zulu (zu): ithambo

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9B4` |
| HTML | `🦴` |
| CSS | `\1F9B4` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9B4}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9B4` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A6 B4` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDB4` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A6%B4` |

## Questions

### What does the 🦴 bone emoji mean?

A single bone, the sort a dog might chew or a skeleton is made of. It can mean bones, skeletons or dog treats. Fossil and skeleton topics, medical contexts, pets and Halloween call for it.

### How do I type the 🦴 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “bone”. 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 :bone:.

### When was the 🦴 emoji added?

🦴 was added in Emoji 11.0, released in 2018.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🦴?

U+1F9B4. In HTML you can write 🦴, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9B4}.

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