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

&#xD83D;&#xDE38;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Smileys

Subcategory cat-face

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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