Grinning cat with smiling eyes Emoji
Smileys
A cartoon feline face featuring a wide, open-mouthed grin and narrowed, crescent-shaped eyes that convey genuine delight. The yellow-orange fur and whiskers give it a friendly, expressive appearance.
Usage Context
Used to express excitement, playfulness, or a sense of mischief that feels distinctly 'cat-like.' It serves as a more whimsical alternative to the standard 😄, often used by animal lovers or to lighten the tone of a conversation.
History
Part of the original Japanese emoji sets that were standardized for global mobile carriers in the late 90s, this cat-themed variant was introduced to Unicode 6.0 in 2010 to provide more emotive personality to feline-related text communication.
Details
Glyph
😸
Unicode
U+1F638
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f638:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Smileys
Subcategory cat-face
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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