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

&#xD83D;&#xDC31;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-mammal

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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