Grinning cat Emoji

Smileys

A yellow cat face with an open mouth and wide, smiling eyes, mimicking the expression of the 😀 emoji. Its whiskers and pointed ears clearly distinguish it from its human counterparts.

Usage Context

Used to express joy, excitement, or general happiness in a way that feels playful or lighthearted. Many people use it to signal that they are a cat lover or to bring a touch of whimsy to a conversation, often appearing alongside 😸 or 😻 to show varying levels of affection.

History

Part of the original set of emoji brought into the Unicode standard in 2010. These cat variants were inspired by early Japanese mobile carrier sets, which added animal-themed versions of popular facial expressions to allow for more expressive character-based communication.

Details

Glyph

😺

Unicode

U+1F63A

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f63a:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE3A;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Smileys

Subcategory cat-face

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

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