Cat Emoji
Animals
A full-bodied, side-profile illustration of a standing domestic cat, usually depicted in a neutral color like ginger, grey, or black. It shows the animal in a relaxed, alert posture with its tail extended.
Usage Context
Used to express an interest in pets, signify a playful mood, or reference internet culture's obsession with feline videos. It is frequently sent alongside 🐾 to highlight a love for animals or to describe the sounds and behaviors of a housecat.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of the initial wave of animal emojis, this icon was designed to standardize the various pixel-art cat representations that existed on Japanese mobile platforms like SoftBank and NTT Docomo in the early 2000s.
Details
Glyph
🐈
Unicode
U+1F408
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f408:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Animals
Subcategory animal-mammal
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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