A flower-haired person next to a different style of bear. The person (left) has ✿ flower hair, ´ and • angled-down soft eyes, ᗗ small mouth — peaceful expression. The bear (right) uses an alternate bracket style: ᐢ ᐢ are Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics characters used as a different kind of bear-ear or bear-bracket. The eyes ╹ and ╹ are crisp small squares (the box-drawing dot-half-up), giving the bear a more cartoon-precise look. The Ⓣ in the middle is a circled T used as a snout-and-mouth — distinct from the usual ᴥ. The ˵ adds a small lower-cheek shading mark.
This bear is drawn in a different style than the ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ classic. The ᐢ brackets are squarer and taller, the ╹ eyes are simpler, the Ⓣ mouth is more graphic. The overall effect is closer to a cartoon-styled bear than a fluffy realistic one — more like a logo or icon bear.
Use it for situations where you want a bear-character but with a slightly more designed-looking feel: tech/community mascots, illustration captions, branded-ish posts. On Discord it works in design-related servers; on Twitter/X it suits illustration or designer accounts; on Instagram it pairs with graphic-design-aesthetic content. The non-standard bear glyphs give it a fresh, modern feel.
In Japanese the matching mood is おおきいくま (ōkii kuma — “big bear”) or くまっぽい (kuma-ppoi — “bear-ish”). Pair with phrases like かわいいデザイン (‘cute design’), マスコット (‘mascot’), or くまといっしょ (‘with my bear’).