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How is the bear face ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ built?
The ears come from the International Phonetic Alphabet, which language experts use to write down sounds. ʔ is the glottal stop, the short break in the middle of "uh-oh". ʕ is a throat sound from Arabic. Only their round shapes matter here.
The parts of ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
ʕU+0295Latin letter pharyngeal voiced fricative. The left ear.
•U+2022Bullet. An eye.
ᴥU+1D25Latin letter ain. The snout.
ʔU+0294Latin letter glottal stop. The right ear.
Cats, dogs and bunnies
Many cat faces borrow letters from far apart. In ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ the paws are ฅ, a Thai letter that is no longer used in Thai writing. The mouth ﻌ is the Arabic letter ain, in the shape it takes in the middle of a word. Bunnies use ㅅ, the Korean letter for an s sound, as a little split lip.
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