A near-twin of bear-20 with slightly more blush on the bear. The bear (left) has ʕ ʔ brackets, ❁ a flower on the side of the face, ᵔ closed-happy eyes, double // // blush slashes on both sides of the ᴥ bear-mouth (more than bear-20’s single slash). The face (right) is identical to bear-20 — ≧ ≦ squeezed eyes, ◡ small smile, ✿ flower.
The extra blush slash makes the bear visibly more flushed than bear-20. It reads as the bear being more affected by the moment — happier or more flustered. Same composition, slightly different emotional intensity. This kind of micro-variant is common in ekohrt dataset kaomoji because the source community values having multiple shades of the same scene.
Use it the same way as bear-20 but for slightly more emotional moments — when the wholesome content is hitting harder. The extra blush signals overwhelmed-by-cuteness. On Instagram it suits pet-mom posts and emotional plush-toy unboxings. On TikTok comments it lands under particularly soft content. On Discord and Twitter/X it works as a reaction to anything that makes you go “awwww.”
In Japanese the matching mood is にやにや (niya niya — grinning bashfully) or てれてれ (tere tere — bashful). Pair with phrases like くまかわいい (‘the bear is cute’), だいすき (‘love it’), or てれちゃう (‘I’m blushing’).