Cat face Emoji
Animals
A cartoonish, forward-facing cat head featuring pointed ears, whiskers, and a simple snout. It captures the recognizable feline appearance found in domestic house cats.
Usage Context
This emoji is the go-to choice for cat lovers, pet owners, or anyone looking to express a playful, curious, or cute mood. It is frequently sent alongside the dog face emoji to represent household pets or paired with the paw prints emoji to indicate a walk or playtime.
History
Part of the original set of emojis adapted from Japanese mobile phone carriers in the late 1990s, the cat face has since become a staple of digital communication. It predates the explosion of cat-themed internet culture, eventually serving as the base for the extensive collection of cat variants like the crying cat or heart eyes cat.
Details
Glyph
🐱
Unicode
U+1F431
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f431:
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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